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May seem a little strange that a talk at a technology conference should be about quilts and weaving. But the editor of MAKE magazine and now CRAFT just gave a great talk about the connections between the history of sewing and weaving and technology.

A while ago I went to the science museum to interview people there about the first programmable computer designed by Charles Babbge. He was inspired by the a machine that used punch cards to store information about patterns. So the connection is clear. Dale also points out that the sewing machine was really the first machine to make it's way into the home. (image from Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester via Wikipedia)