Textiles and Technology

Presented at ShmooCon 2023, Jan. 21, 2023, 4 p.m. (30 minutes).

It is easy to think of computers as a new technology. However, much of computing developed because of a much older technology: textiles. We will discuss how textiles enabled modern computing, and some things that the tech sector can stand to learn from textiles.

Presenters:

• Amanda Draeger
  Amanda Draeger (@TindrasGrove) is a fiber arts enthusiast who enjoys seeing how seemingly unrelated fields are connected. You can probably find her knitting in public.

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