Event 3

This week I visited the birthplace of the internet here at UCLA! I honestly had no idea this place existed and I think it is so amazing that we have places like this at UCLA. More people definitely need to know about these places. When reading about this place I learned that it was actually used as an undergrad classroom until they did some research and nailed down the exact location to Boelter Hall 3420. 

Me in front of the room 

The exhibit has been named after Leonard Kleinrock who pioneered the mathematical theory of packed networks or said simpler one of the founding fathers of the internet. He was also the developer of Arpanet, which is what our internet has grown into today! Today it has developed into something unimaginable and to think it started right here at UCLA is definitely a claim. 

Charley Kline 

In 1969 the first message "LO" was sent which was sent by UCLA student Charles Kline who wanted to write "LOGIN", however, the message was not able to send because it crashed. I think it is really amazing to have so much history in one place at UCLA. Visiting this exhibit really made me realize how many technological advances we have had since that first message was sent. The internet is so important and we do everything based on the internet. In this class, we have talked a lot about innovation and technology and I believe the internet is the center of innovation. People at UCLA need to be more aware that we have cool places like this right in our 'backyard' and we should make more of an effort to go out and visit these places.







Andrews, Evan, "Who Invented the Internet" History. https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-internet

Zimmerman, Kim " Internet History Timeline", Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html


Internet Hall of Fame, " Leonard Kleinrock". https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/leonard-kleinrock

Kudler, Adrien, "Here's the Room at UCLA where the Internet was Born" West LA. https://la.curbed.com/2011/4/11/10473182/heres-the-room-at-ucla-where-the-internet-was-born-it-tweets-1

Week 9- Space + Art

Space is one of the most fascinating things to think about. There are so many aspects of space that are still unknown but as science and technology are changing so are the ways things we are learning about space. Growing up my dad would always talk about space and all the unknowns, but as we are advancing so are those unknowns and now they are becoming the known.

Solar System and all the unknown

 When I think of a space mission I never really thought of it in a way of expressing a way of art, but thinking deeper it really is. The mere way that the spacecraft is constructed is a form of art and not to mention a huge scientific breakthrough.  As Professor Vesna mentioned in Part 4 of her lecture many spacecrafts haven't made it to space and blow up before they reach certain parts of the atmosphere. It is a challenging job and even harder to accept defeat when a spacecraft does not make it and lives are lost.

Failed Mission

 Interestingly and something I did not know is that now there are spacecraft that are trying to be more environmentally safe. As a science, technology, and our education are changing so are the ways we are thinking about our planet. Creating something that is environmentally friendly is a hard task but it is something our planet really needs especially as we begin to go to space more and more. Just looking at the NASA website we can see how advanced space technology has become and all the missions that are going on. The fact that we constantly have people in space learning new things everyday shows how much potential there is in our solar system. Soon we will be able to take trips to the moon which is something I thought would never happen, but shows what the opportunities are when combining science, technology, and developing something that is capable of doing what we before would have thought was impossible.

The potential of space travel 

Morris, Dean "Astronomy; Watching the Sun" https://slideplayer.com/slide/6300517/ 4 June 2019


Yoshio Itagaki. "Tourist on the Moon" http://www.yoshioitagaki.com/2008/tom/index.html 2002

Chow, Dennis. " Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: What Went Wrong" 25 Jan 2011 https://www.space.com/10677-challenger-tragedy-overview.html

Vesna, Victoria. “8 Space pt4 ” YouTube, 29 July 2013, youtu.be/4WOqt_C55Mk.

Vesna, Victoria. “8 Space pt5 .” YouTube, 29 July 2013, youtu.be/4WOqt_C55Mk.