{"621758":{"#nid":"621758","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Ins and Outs of Knit Theory","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Knitting is coding,\u0026quot; says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/elisabetta-matsumoto\u0022\u003EElisabetta Matsumoto,\u003C\/a\u003E assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. She made this argument during a Boston knitting session she co-hosted in March as part of her five-year, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E-funded effort to study the mathematics and physics behind knitting. The New York Times was there for a session that was half relaxing hobby, half scientific exploration of the patterns, topology, and geometry involved in knitting (which has been around since the 11th century) and how Matsumoto\u0026#39;s research could lead to \u0026quot;programmable\u0026quot; fabrics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2019-05-17 16:34:41","changed_gmt":"2019-05-17 16:35:52","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Extension of Self","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/17\/science\/math-physics-knitting-matsumoto.html","dateline":{"date":"2019-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"589212":{"id":"589212","type":"image","title":"Elisabetta Matsumoto","body":null,"created":"1490295854","gmt_created":"2017-03-23 19:04:14","changed":"1490295854","gmt_changed":"2017-03-23 19:04:14","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224501","name":"sabetta_matsumoto_headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sabetta_matsumoto_headshot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sabetta_matsumoto_headshot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40709,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sabetta_matsumoto_headshot.jpg?itok=U8OxHzIw"}}},"media_ids":["589212"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"173838","name":"Elisabetta Matsumoto"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"146391","name":"knitting"},{"id":"362","name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"181335","name":"fabrics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}