Schlagwort: textiles

  • Fabric-licious Raspberry Pi projects

    Fabric-licious Raspberry Pi projects

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m currently (re)learning how to knit. Here are some textile-themed Raspberry Pi projects for the yarn-curious. The Raspberry Pi-powered loom Loom Operation The general sequence of events for running my Raspberry Pi controlled loom. The project was really a proof of concept idea rather than an actual production model. This video is…

  • Fabric-licious Raspberry Pi projects

    Fabric-licious Raspberry Pi projects

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m currently (re)learning how to knit. Here are some textile-themed Raspberry Pi projects for the yarn-curious. The Raspberry Pi-powered loom Loom Operation The general sequence of events for running my Raspberry Pi controlled loom. The project was really a proof of concept idea rather than an actual production model. This video is…

  • Computer 1.0 explores the relationship between textile and technology

    Computer 1.0 explores the relationship between textile and technology

    Reading Time: 2 minutesComputer 1.0 explores the relationship between textile and technology Arduino Team — July 1st, 2019 While you might have never considered the idea, looms—especially the punchcard-driven Jacquard loom, which helped inform both Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage’s pioneering work—are an important part of computing history. As reported here, Victoria Manganiello and Julian…

  • Networked knitting machine: not your average knit one, purl one

    Networked knitting machine: not your average knit one, purl one

    Reading Time: 4 minutesThe moment we saw Sarah Spencer‘s knitted Stargazing tapestry, we knew we needed to know more. A couple of emails later, and here’s Sarah with a guest blog post telling you all you need to know about her hacking adventure with a 1980s knitting machine and a Raspberry Pi. Knitting Printer! (slowest…