Event #1

Event #1

April 23,2019

For my first event, I decided to go to the Leonard Kleinrock Internet Heritage Site located at 3420 Boelter Hall, where the first message was sent through the internet. This not only was interesting but was also many of the multiple hidden pieces of UCLA's campus. The room I went to was filled with regular furniture, historical pictures, research papers, and notes. The room was designed in a way that'll make you feel as if you were there the exact year the message was sent, and in my opinion, is very successful at doing so. 

This event is related to the topic we discussed in week 3, which is related to robotics and art. Professor touched on ideas of what an influence technology has had on our lives. War has had a casualty of reoccurring to cause technological advances. After visiting this site I was able to see the first development of the Internet came from the ARPANET, a network commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense. Leonard Kleinrock when speaking about the ARPANET node said "How many revolutions can you think about where you can see—within a few feet!—where it began? This machine is where the internet breathed to life, spoke its first words," (Kleinrock). I say that to elaborate on the idea that technology is always advancing and creating an impact on our daily lives.

I really enjoyed this site because it is amazing to see how the first form of internet messaging was created and to discover that it even happened at the college we go to ... UCLA. It is astounding how they were able to keep this site in the exact location where it occurred for all these years. If someone were to ask me about anywhere to visit on this campus I would highly recommend this site right here. It is one thing to read about it online or on Daily Bruin, but seeing this in person makes it feels like you are actually there back when the message was sent. 

Sources:

“Internet Hall of Fame.” Leonard Kleinrock | Internet Hall of Fame, Internet Society, 2019, www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/leonard-kleinrock.

Kudler, Adrian Glick. “Here's the Room at UCLA Where the Internet Was Born (It Tweets).” Curbed LA, Curbed LA, 11 Apr. 2011, la.curbed.com/2011/4/11/10473182/heres-the-room-at-ucla-where-the-internet-was-born-it-tweets-1.

“Oral-History: Leonard Kleinrock.” Oral-History: Leonard Kleinrock - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, ethw.org/Oral-History:Leonard_Kleinrock.

Savio, Jessica. “Browsing History: A Heritage Site Is Being Set up in Boelter Hall 3420, the Room the First Internet Message Originated In.” Daily Bruin, Apr. 2011, dailybruin.com/2011/04/01/browsing_history/.

Walker, Alissa. “This Is The Room Where The Internet Was Born.” Gizmodo, Gizmodo, 5 Mar. 2014, gizmodo.com/this-is-the-room-where-the-internet-was-born-1527205592.