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

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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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