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