Article 46X1A An embroidered computer whose circuits are ornate, golden thread

An embroidered computer whose circuits are ornate, golden thread

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Cory Doctorow
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Irene Posch and Ebru Kurbak's Embroidered Computer uses historic gold embroidery materials to create relays ("similar to early computers before the invention of semiconductors") that can do computational work according to simple programs; it's installed at the Angewandte Innovation Lab in Vienna.

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