#MuseumWeek #SecretsMW : The Jacquard loom is the earliest programmable computer, it was invented in 1804 by Joseph Marie Jacquard. Originally the loom was controlled by a chain of punched cards, and each card corresponded to one row of design. The first theorist enviosining such a device for uses beyond mere calculation was Ada Lovelace. Nowadays the loom is programed by a computer. Our Il Museo's current exhibition, Ancient Women in Textile, displays Ruth Scheuing's Jacquard Weavings, in which

11K views · 193 reactions | The Han Dynasty's Jacquard textile machine, which operated on a binary principle some 2000 years ago, can be considered an early precursor to the modern computer. It implemented what could be regarded as the world's first form of "programming". #古人的智慧 #古代科技 #ChinaTech #ancientchinatech | Beautiful places in China | Facebook

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