event #3: ucla birthplace of the internet

For my third event I went to the Leonard Kleinrock Internet heritage site on campus at UCLA in Boelter Hall. Here I learned about the birth place of the internet which was created in 1969. On October 29, 1969 graduate student Charley Klein sat in this room and typed the first message on the ARPANET, later to be known as the internet. The ARPANET had its biggest breakthrough when it could network all different types of hardwares and softwares. It wasn't until recently that room 3420 in Boelter hall was a museum. No one was really sure exactly what lab it had been formed in until a grad student made it his mission to figure it out. He the received the deans blessing and created a museum recreating what the space looked like back in the 1960's.

I think that this museum relates to the class and the section we learned on robotics and art. The creation of the internet was a milestone in terms of technological advancements and here at UCLA you can see where it took place. Although the space is small it is an accurate representation of the workplace that Charley Klein was using. Looking at the room you wouldn't think that it was anything special. Everything seems old and run down. It's hard to believe that something that impacts our life so heavily today was created on this campus. My favorite part was that they kept it to date of when it was supposed to be. There is also the formulas on the chalkboard and everything in this room is put there for a purpose.

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