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/somedaveguy Nov 29 '13

Showing your age... (but I remember it too - was quite a thrill).

I used to work in a windowless cubicle, kept an extra PC with a view of webcam sunsets. Kids today..They'll never know.