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Textiles as Tech, Science, Math, Culture... or Civilization

"The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they're indistinguishable from it." That quote from computer scientist Mark Weiser is from a 1991 paper where he outlined the vision of ubiquitous computing; he also referenced "seamlessness" -- we just can't get away from textile…