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1. From Jacquard looms to Art and Money via Dolly Parton: A Whirlwind history of digital art
3. Lets start in the 19th Century:[we could start earlier, with for example Al-Khwarizmi, Persian astronomer and mathematician, who invented the algorithm, he wrote a treatise in 825 AD, On Calculation with Arabic Numerals translated into Latin in the 12th century as Algoritmi de numero Indorum ] Events:
1801 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard builds the Jacquard loom, controlled by punched cards
1811 - Luddites riot
1824 - Mark Roget publishes the paper "The Persistence Of Vision with Regard to Moving Objects"
1864 - Maxwell electromagnetic wave theory becomes basis for radio wave propagation
1888 - Oberlin Smith publishes basics of magnetic recording
1891 - Dickson uses Edison's kinetograph to record motion pictures
4. 1801: