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World's first webcam, monitoring a Cambridge coffee pot, retired 25 years ago

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The world's first webcam, which monitored a coffee pot at the University of Cambridge, was switched off 25 years ago. This pioneering device, initially a 128x128 grayscale feed, predated the World Wide Web and was created to save academics time by allowing them to check if coffee was available. The webcam served for a decade, with its final image capturing the moment it was powered down. AI

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World's first webcam, monitoring a Cambridge coffee pot, retired 25 years ago

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Mark Tyson ·

    The world's first webcam was switched off 25 years ago today — 128x128 grayscale feed predated the World Wide Web to monitor a Cambridge coffee pot

    It has been a quarter century since the world’s first webcam was turned off for good. The Trojan Room Coffee Pot was retired on Wednesday, August 22, 2001, after 10 years of service at Cambridge University.

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