The history of Los Angeles as told through 232 objects. Los Angeles was founded on September 4, 1781. Between now and the 232nd anniversary, we are gathering the stories behind iconic objects that ...

Boelter Hall 3420 is the site of the first Internet message ever, which was sent with an Interface Message Processor to the Stanford Research Institute on Oct. 29, 1969. When Brad Fidler started ...

Arpanet was a computer network developed in the 1960s that paved the way for today's internet. At its heart was the Interface Message Processor: a massive, heavily armoured box containing the ...

This is Dr. Leonard Kleinrock pinching the nipples of the Interface Message Processor, a ruggerized Honeywell DDP-516 Minicomputer. This box is responsible for what you are reading now, which either ...

The ARPAnet was the forerunner of today’s Internet – and at its heart was a massive, heavily armoured piece of kit that set the stage for how the internet works. Show more In 1958, ARPA, the Advanced ...