Theoretical physics professor Michio Kaku outlines the evolution of computers from analog to digital and introduces quantum computers as the next frontier.

The Jacquard machine is a device fitted to a loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with such complex patterns as brocade, damask and matelassé. The resulting ensemble of the loom and Jacquard machine is then called a Jacquard loom.

The Machine That Changed the World is a 5-episode television series on the history of electronic digital computers that aired in 1992. It was written and directed by Nancy Linde, and produced by WGBH Television of Boston, Massachusetts, and the British Br...