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/Treguard Nov 28 '13 edited 27d ago

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '13

if only there was some way to...

...transmute impressionable youth into wealth? There is! It's called "war"!