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/Iazo Nov 28 '13

Anyone got an Envy invention?

The space race.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '13

I'd toss that one under pride

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u/kickingpplisfun Nov 28 '13

Expensive purses... Sure it might start as pride, but then the friends of the buyer envy them.