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Networked Worlds A Part of Our Lives A Part of Our Dreams Saved by the Wire

Online Activities
Experience and enjoy the stories, images, and artifacts in this virtual exhibition with the following online activities. And evaluate historical events and discover the influences of the telegraph and the Internet in society.

1. The Once & Future National Library of Medicine demonstrates how the Library has taken advantage of new computing and communications technologies revolutionizing the distribution and sharing of the health care information for all people.

2. Meet the Innovators who played key roles in developing the concepts and technologies behind the telegraph and the Internet, such as Samuel F. B. Morse, J. C. R. Licklider, Leonard Kleinrock, and Larry Roberts.

3. View the Parallels between the telegraph and Internet, and they may surprise you. See it for yourself whether the use and development of the telegraph mirror those of the Internet.

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First published: 23 October 2001
Last updated: 11 August 2009
Date Archived: 04 January 2012
Metadata | Permanence level: Permanent: Stable Content