NASA in fact did knit memories for the Apollo guidance computer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory "

NASA in fact did knit memories for the Apollo guidance computer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory "Software written by MIT programmers was woven into core rope memory by female workers in factories. Some programmers nicknamed the finished product LOL memory, for Little Old Lady memory"