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Knitting machine from the 80s hacked to "print" digital images
- chopsueyar 15y agoBrother kh-930e They are $700 to $900 on eBay. You use a Python proggy to emulate a Tandy floppy drive with the design from a 1-bit bitmap.
- jgrahamc 15y agoYes, the interesting bit is not the Cosby sweater, but the interfacing of the knitting machine itself by emulation of a serial attached Tandy floppy drive. http://www.antitronics.com/wiki/index.php?title=Electroknit_Technical_Information http://www.antitronics.com/wiki/index.php?title=Electroknit_...
- FrejNorling 15y agoThis is awesome!
- rmason 15y agoJust sent the link to a friend who has a MakerBot and also knits. I said think of it as a MakerBot using yarn as its feedstock.
- mrhyperpenguin 15y agoDoes anyone know if there's a picture of Bill Cosby with the sweater?
- jwallaceparker 15y agoThe toughest part about this is hiring Bill Cosby to stand still while you knit a sweater of him. Then have Bill Cosby put on the sweater and stand still again. Then you knit another sweater!
- Steko 15y agoIt's Cosbys all the way down.