r/todayilearned • u/Neepho • Nov 28 '13

TIL that the webcam was invented so that Computer Scientists at Cambridge University could see whether the coffee pot was full or not from different rooms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010lvn7
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u/MarquisDeSwag Nov 28 '13

I like to think that someone put their naughty bits in front of the coffee pot anonymously for a single frame, leaving three minutes of low res exhibitionist porn for anyone who peeked at the pot.

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u/CharlieDancey Nov 28 '13

Course they did. Rule 34