Tech History Made on February 8, 1996

On this day twelve years ago, 24 Hours in Cyberspace took place as the largest one-day online event to date. The project was originally hosted at cyber24.com but is not mirrored by Georgia Tech. The project brought together photographers, programmers, editors, and designers to make a time capsule of people affected by the internet. Then Vice President Al Gore and wife Tipper contributed articles and photographs respectively. Photos submitted were edited in real time and posted to the site, the site received more than 4 million hits on that one day. The project took 50 million in funding from over 50 companies, some of the largest contributors were Kodak, Sun Microsystems, and Adobe Systems. The articles and pictures were used for a cover of U.S. News and World Report magazine as well being made into a book and cd. The book and cd are now a part of a exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.