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Knitting machine from the 80s hacked to "print" digital images (andrewsalomone.com)
90 points by invisiblefunnel on Oct 23, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 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.


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_...


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!


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.


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


It's Cosbys all the way down.


This is awesome!




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