In 1801, a French weaver named Joseph Marie Jacquard demonstrated a device that changed the world. Using a series of perforated cards, the Jacquard loom made it possible to quickly weave complex patterns. Hitherto difficult and expensive designs like brocades and paisleys could be mass-produced by machine. Fashion was never the same. Neither was technology. Jacquard's innovation led to the creation of a chain of wonders, from calculating machines to computers to elaborate design programs and 3-D...
In 1801, a French weaver named Joseph Marie Jacquard demonstrated a device that changed the world. Using a series of perforated cards, the Jacquard loom made it possible to quickly weave complex patterns. Hitherto difficult and expensive designs like brocades and paisleys could be mass-produced by machine. Fashion was never the same. Neither was technology. Jacquard's innovation led to the creation of a chain of wonders, from calculating machines to computers to elaborate design programs and 3-D...
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