Computers & weaving.

From: School Arts | Date: April 1, 1995| Author: O'Connell, Kenneth R. | Copyright information

Looms such as the AVL sixteen-harness can now be interfaced with computers to allow weavers to design patterns electronically and execute them via the loom. Barbara Pickett and C.T. Chew describe how they use computer-controlled looms.

The history of computers shows the first programmable device was credited to Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) of France for inventing the automatic pattern loom. This "Jacquard Loom" used a series of cards with holes punched in them (not unlike the ...

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