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The Internet at 40: What does the future hold?

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28 Oct 2009
Forty years ago today two computers, one at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and one at Stanford, communicated with one another, giving rise to what is now known as the Internet. 
 
Leonard Kleinrock, a member of the team at UCLA, had first shared his idea of a way for computers to exchange data in 1962 in his graduate dissertation, and on 29 October 1969, only 3 months after man first landed on the moon, his idea became a reality. 
 
From 1969 through to the late 1980’s the Internet saw much investment and development, but it was largely used by government and research institutes.  The Internet did not become a tool for the masses until 1990 when Sir Tim Berners-Lee, while at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory, created an easy-to-use system that links text, pictures and sound across the Internet called the World Wide Web.  Since that time we have seen immense changes in the way we receive and disseminate information, communicate and work. 
 
In a recent interview with the AFP Mr. Kleinrock admitted, “We are constantly surprised by the applications that come along. It’s a teenager now.  It’s leaned some things but it has a long way to go.”
 
The combination of the Internet and the World Wide Web has made it possible for sites like element14 to exist.  Sites where users can research, network and collaborate with like minded individuals around the world.  
 
To mark this occasion please share your thoughts on how you believe the Internet will change over the next 40 years (or what you would like to see changed).  To participate in the discussion you need to be logged in.
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  • edmund
    edmund over 15 years ago

    Woow...40yrs of internet even before I was born. Well, I tried to google search more information and just want to share with all of you

     

    Few paid attention, on September 2, 1969, when about 20 people met at the laboratory of Kleinrock, in the University of California (USA), to attend two computers passing test data through a gray cable, whose length was of more or less 15 meters.

    http://trendsupdates.com/40-years-of-internet/

     

    That is really remarkable at that point of time. Now, the internet is really part of our life as it helps us to do anything and everything online ranging from shopping, learning, finance banking and most importanly, social networking. I guess we cannot do without internet connectivity. (From my personal experience) as we need to check our emails.

     

    Of course there are pros and cons of internet connectivity. Internet can be used as an powerful media source to broadcast any news, updates, gossips (Facebook). On the other hand, it can also be an open resource where anyone from anywhere can share their ideas using online forum such as Element 14.  Thus, it is such an awesome tool where no one cannot do without it (Be it individual or enterprise). Seeing is believing, One good example will be Element 14 where I can share and learn from other engineers across different region.

     

    That's why I have been using Element 14 for my engineering and non-engineering purposes..

     

    Cheers

    Edmund

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    Former Member over 15 years ago

    The future of the internet...I envision that oneday people will bank online, shop online, order take-out online, watch tv online, have relationships online...wait a second people already do all those things online. We already do so much online; the room for innovation seems cramped. But as the speed and capacity of the internet increases, what the internet has to offer today, will improve tomorrow. Maybe oneday the internet will be the web that connects every man, woman, and child, from the Marshlands of China, to the Kalahari Bush to the Appalachain Mountains, putting their every need at their figertips.

     

    There is much room for growth with the internet and the intenet has much room for growth. Though the intnet is 40 in human years it's still a child. As it grows there will arise issues with privacy and individuality, but every child has it's growing pains, and every child must grow up. To the next 40 years.

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  • keywordpk
    keywordpk over 15 years ago in reply to awinning
    The Internet allows us to exceed the expectations of our customers. We depend on it daily for literally every facet of our jobs. From staying abreast of industry news, researching parts, competitive analysis, and educating ourselves on our customer and their core business (to name a few), it's an invaluable tool that I simply could not live without. I look very foward to the advancements of the next 40 years. Perhaps the most exciting part of it all is that many of the successes and implementations will originate with the Engineers among this site. image
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  • awinning
    awinning over 15 years ago

    I think the Internet has been one of the most exciting things to happen in engineering over the past ten years. Fast connection has enable teams of designers work around the world together to deliver the electronic goods that affect every part of our daily lives. The Internet has also enabled companies to keep prices low by outsourcing uncritical parts of the design to countries with cheaper labour forces.

     

    We are now in new era of collaberation. This so far has generally been an internal resource, but engineering sites like this one can provide an open platform for engineers from different disiplines, companies and countries to share ideas and work together to solve problems benefitting everyone involved.

     

    As the old saying goes; life begins at 40, and this could be a new lease of life for the Internet just as it is for people

     

     

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