Knitting machine from the 80s hacked to "print" digital images(andrewsalomone.com)

90 pointsby invisiblefunnelvor 15 Jahren7 comments

Knitting machine from the 80s hacked to "print" digital images

http://andrewsalomone.com/blog/2011/09/27/recursive-cosby-sweater/

7 comments

Brother 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.

jgrahamcvor 15 Jahren

Yes, 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_...

jwallaceparkervor 15 Jahren

The 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!

rmasonvor 15 Jahren

Just 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.

mrhyperpenguinvor 15 Jahren

Does anyone know if there's a picture of Bill Cosby with the sweater?

Stekovor 15 Jahren

It's Cosbys all the way down.

FrejNorlingvor 15 Jahren

This is awesome!