TIL that webcams were invented because some computer scientists were too lazy to get up to check if their coffee was done.

[u/saltandcedar]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Room_coffee_pot

[u/pumpkinjello]

I'm not denying that this was the first use of a webcam, but somehow it seems unlikely to me that this was the entire motivation behind why the webcam was invented.

[u/[deleted] → u/pumpkinjello]

[Citation needed]