farm_talk

Mathematics, Textiles, and Programming: Scripted Scarves
F.A.R.M., Workshop on Functional Art, Music, Modeling and Design, Keynote. Vancouver, B.C., September 5th, 2015

talk by:
Fabienne "fbz" Serriere
http://twitter.com/fbz
http://fabienne.us
http://knityak.com
fabienne at fabienne dot us

links from the talk:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/krunkwerke/3840102876 (CC BY-SA 2.0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fyUtU6LVNY
http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/ada-lovelace-day-2013/
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - book by Sydney Padua 2015
link to book: http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-9780307908278-1
http://travisgoodspeed.blogspot.com/2010/12/hacking-knitting-machines-keypad.html
http://www.mediamatic.net/168233/en/multi-threaded-banjo-dinosaur-knitting-adventure
https://github.com/fbz/banjo
http://fabienne.us/2011/12/22/mate-cosies-warm-hands-cold-mate/
http://laurakogler.net/processing/MosaicKnitting/
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fbz/algorithmically-morphing-scarf
The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells - book by Hans Meinhardt
http://www.mcanet.info/blog/?p=404
http://www.knitic.com/
http://ayab-knitting.com/index_en.html
http://daviworks.com/knitting/
http://openknit.org/
https://github.com/var-mar/circular_knitic
http://koti.kapsi.fi/~kliment/spinner/
http://instamatique.com/blog/from-text-to-textiles-con-2015/
http://instamatique.com/blog/10-printing-some-fabric/
http://knityak.com
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fbz/knityak-custom-mathematical-knit-scarves/
http://pastebin.com/hiP11A3N
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fbz/rule-110-scarf

Links not in the talk, but interesting in textiles and technology:
http://etib.org/ textile hacker space in Berlin i was part of
https://learn.adafruit.com/electroknit the original knitting machine hack i extended and added to
http://embroidermodder.org/ open source embroidery machine software
http://valentinaproject.bitbucket.org/index.html open source pattern drafting software
https://github.com/bitcraftlab/turtlecraft open source scriptable patterns for hand embroidery, great for teaching new coders
https://github.com/tian2992/knitlib open source library to support consumer knitting machine hacking
https://github.com/fashiontec/knitapps applications for knitting
http://monochome.com/ custom one-off, map generated, clothing coded by Rachel Binx using Open Street Map
http://slowfactory.com/collections/hubble-scarves high resolution NASA imagery printed on silk scarves and other items
http://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/ scripted 3D printed dresses by Jessica Rosenkrantz and other items using physics engines to fold items into small volumes for 3D printing, and using generative designs made with algorithms.
http://superreleaser.com/blog/ Matthew Borgatti makes inflatable robots and inflatable wearables and prosthetics made with new manufacturing techniques

We live in the best kind of a future. Open source hardware and software can get us there faster!