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The Trojan Room Coffee Machine

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The official site. Includes the final image of the machine being switched off, a non-technical biography, and an audio copy of a 1994 radio report.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/coffee/coffee.html

Report on the announcement that the first webcam was going to be taken offline, and a brief history of it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/intern...news/story/0,7369,447723,00.html

History of the coffee machine, covering the reasons for its invention, its impact on the web, and its demise.
http://www.conway.com/ssinsider/webpick/wp010319.htm

Includes an MPEG of the coffee pot, assembled by taking a snapshot of the machine every five minutes, for a day.
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pwatson/

Mary Lou's interview with Quentin Stafford-Fraser, in RealAudio format.
http://radio.cbc.ca/programs/asi...happens/STEAM/webcam_030701.html

Reuters report announcing the end of the coffee pot webcam.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42254,00.html

Article from the Washington Post, by Peter S. Goodman, looking at the camera's history, reason for invention, and demise.
http://www.detnews.com/2001/technews/0104/03/a08-207163.htm

Article on the origins, history, and demise of the coffee machine.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/07/coffee.pot/

Article outlining the machine's history.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/trailing0601.asp

Article discussing the sale of the coffee pot on eBay.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/08/01/do_you_want_to_own/

Article discussing the reasoning behind the coffee pot camera, its history, and its end.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/200.../worlds_first_webcam_coffee_pot/

Report by Leela Jacinto, looking at the coffeepot's practicality, invention, and rise to fame.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=81417&page=1