Punch cards have been used to control the operation of machinery from the early nineteenth century, when the Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard patented an attachment to a loom in which a series of ...

The Jacquard Loom invented in 1804 ... There are free form and flat tapestries, woven sculpture pieces, tiny woven baskets, transparencies and even two shining examples of how woven upholstery ...

1752: Joseph Marie Jacquard is born in Lyon, France. The weaver and inventor would create the first programmable power loom, revolutionize the weaving industry and lay the foundation for modern ...

The Jacquard team said that more information about its technology would be revealed at tomorrow's ATAP session, but it already looks promising. The Jacquard loom can ... was on a flat surface ...