This is a short video produced by the BBC Future Series – worth a look!

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180423-how-industrial-weaving-gave-us-the-computer

Punched card pattern for a jacquard loom. Artist: Dorothy Burrows

“In the early 19th Century, Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a remarkable machine that reinvigorated the fashion industry – and ultimately led to the modern computer.”