Before the Jacquard loom, manual pattern weaving was cumbersome, and complex designs often relied on additional methods like fabric printing or embroidery. The Jacquard process was first patented ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osCPWMyJOj8&w=470] The Jacquard loom, invented in the early 1800s, used punched cards to manufacture relatively complex ...

An automated loom that transformed the 19th century textile industry and became the inspiration for future data processing machines. Developed by the French silk-weaver, Joseph-Marie Jacquard ...

A Raspberry Pi automated loom for example, or a CNC Jacquard loom. Thanks to our Shenzhen contributor-at-large, [Naomi Wu] for the tip.

Archaeologists trace jacquard’s origins to the Shang dynasty (1600- 1046 BC) looms, on which artisans wove geometric patterns using manual “multi-heddle” systems. These later evolved into ...

Archaeologists trace jacquard’s origins to Shang dynasty (1600-1046BC) looms, on which artisans wove geometric patterns using manual “multi-heddle” systems. By the Han era, these had evolved ...