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== History == * 1801: [[James Pillans]], [[headmaster]] and geography teacher at the Old High School in [[Edinburgh, Scotland]], is credited with inventing the first modern [[blackboard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/reference-material/the-history-of-the-classroom-blackboard/|title=History of the Classroom Blackboard|date=8 November 2012|publisher=[[Concordia University]]}}</ref> * 1925: George Brooks of [[Topeka, Kansas]] is issued a patent for the use of corkboard as a bulletin board which you could stick tacks into.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US1494583A/en|title=Bulletin board and the like|work=[[Google Patents]]}}</ref> The patent for George Brooks' invention, which would become a mainstay in homes and offices around the world, expired in 1941, which then allowed anyone to create and market their own versions of the product. * 1940: George E. Fox, received a patent for a foam rubber pinboard with [[cardboard]] backing<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US2195985A/en|title=Bulletin board|work=[[Google Patents]]}}</ref> * 1959: W.F. Lewis is issued a patent for a combined chalkboard and bulletin board.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US2881538A/en|title=Combined chalk board and bulletin board|work=[[Google Patents]]}}</ref> * 1978: The concept of the bulletin board entered the [[information age]] when software developers [[Ward Christensen]] and [[Randy Suess]] launched the first public dialup [[bulletin board system]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2010/02/0216cbbs-first-bbs-bulletin-board/|title=Feb. 16, 1978: Bulletin Board Goes Electronic|magazine=Wired |last1=Gilbertson |first1=Scott }}</ref> * 2010: [[Digital signage]] displays started to replace bulletin boards as a means to reduce clutter and provide real-time information.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=August E. |last2=Meadows |first2=Jennifer H. |date=June 25, 2010 |title=Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals |publisher=Focal Press; 12 edition |page=165 |isbn=978-0240814759}}</ref> * 2010: [[Pinterest]], a content and photo-sharing website meant to serve as online personal bulletin boards, is founded by [[Ben Silbermann]], Paul Sciarra and [[Evan Sharp]]. * 2017: General Enchantment is issued a utility patent for a physical electronic bulletin board system, that includes a physical writing or pinning surface and an electronic display, like a [[mobile computing device]] ([[tablet computer]]), capable of running ([[digital signage]]) software that augments the sharing of analogue information with digital content.<ref name="generalenchant">{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US9753489/en|title=Physical Electronic Bulletin Board System|work=[[Google Patents]]}}</ref>
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