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Anticipation , Aesthetics & Innovation. What are these?. 1801: Jacquard Loom*. Inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard designs a loom that weaves based on a series of punched cards.
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1801: Jacquard Loom* • Inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard designs a loom that weaves based on a series of punched cards. • The Jacquard Machine is able to move individual warp threads up and down according to the pattern of holes punched into the cards.* • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY_gQ9TNIUw *http://www.alientravelguide.com/art/weaving/history/jacquard.htm
1890: Herman Hollerith’sTabulating Machine* • Used punched card as the basis for storing and processing information • Founded the company that was to become IBM *http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/hollerith.html
Computer Programming* • Steps to programming • Computer programmers prepare punch cards • Feed them into the computer • Computer processes cards • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH0MXZ-T4Js • 1985 “Calculated Movements” by Larry Cuba *http://www.imagineiteasier.com/articles/Installation/installation.php
Present: New Era of Computer Animation • Imagination is the only limit • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xStm-qCdrhA • 2004 “Microcosm” by Dr. Jo Takayama