BOOKMARKED by Descience: "How Textiles Repeatedly Revolutionized Technology"
The article “How Textiles Repeatedly Revolutionised Technology”, by Virginia Postrel for Aeon Magazine, is a must-read. Textiles and technology have coevolved over the past century, each feeding the other to produce wondrous materials and forms that were previously only concepts of the imagination.
Link here to Aeon Magazine:
http://aeon.co/magazine/culture/how-textiles-repeatedly-revolutionised-technology/
Photo credit to Aeon Magazine.