The first webcam was invented to monitor a coffee pot at a university.
Why it is true
In nineteen ninety-one, researchers at the University of Cambridge created a camera pointing at the laboratory coffee pot. The goal was to allow scientists to remotely check if there was still coffee before making the trip there.
Source: University of Cambridge
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