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Mar. 9th, 2005 09:32 pmMy mother-in-law just called, she's trying to track down a television special she saw awhile back, but hasn't been having any luck. She knows I love searching for things so she plopped this one down at my feet... and the weird thing is, I think I may have seen it as well.
Does the title "From Underwear Came Computers" (or something similar) sound familiar to anybody?
It's a show like "Connections," dealing with the way inventions are interconnected -- in this case, how the construction of fabric led, eventually, to the development of the computer (my mother-in-law has her degree in mathematics and used to program mainframes... and now she teaches weaving at a university, so it's a near and dear subject). In fact, she thought it might have even been an episode of "Connections" but couldn't find any reference to it anywhere. It may have also been the sub-title for some other type of special. She thinks she may have seen it either on PBS or the Discovery channel.
Ringing any bells?
Does the title "From Underwear Came Computers" (or something similar) sound familiar to anybody?
It's a show like "Connections," dealing with the way inventions are interconnected -- in this case, how the construction of fabric led, eventually, to the development of the computer (my mother-in-law has her degree in mathematics and used to program mainframes... and now she teaches weaving at a university, so it's a near and dear subject). In fact, she thought it might have even been an episode of "Connections" but couldn't find any reference to it anywhere. It may have also been the sub-title for some other type of special. She thinks she may have seen it either on PBS or the Discovery channel.
Ringing any bells?
