The Embroidered Computer (nonfiction)

Irene Posch and Ebru Kurbak's The Embroidered Computer uses historic gold embroidery materials to create relays ("similar to early computers before the invention of semiconductors") that can do computational work according to simple programs; it's installed at the Angewandte Innovation Lab in Vienna.

• The Embroidered Computer @ ireneposch.net

• An embroidered computer whose circuits are ornate, golden thread @ Boing Boing