The Trojan Room Coffee Machine History Internet

The Trojan Room Coffee Machine History Internet

The Trojan Room Coffee Machine

The coffee machine was set up in 1991 so that researchers at the Computer Laboratory, the University of Cambridge, England could know there was coffee in the machine before they traveled through the seven floor building to the one coffee machine in the department. One of the coffee pots, which starred on the web from October 1997 until March 2001, was auctioned on eBay, and fetched £3,350.

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Editor's Picks:

- 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.

- Mary Lou's interview with Quentin Stafford-Fraser, in RealAudio format.
- Article on the origins, history, and demise of the coffee machine.
- Article discussing the sale of the coffee pot on eBay.
- Article outlining the machine's history.
- History of the coffee machine, covering the reasons for its invention, its impact on the web, and its demise.
- Article about the selling of the coffee pot so that its owners can buy a new espresso machine.
- Short article on the sale of the coffee pot, and what the owners plan to do with the money.
- Article from the Washington Post, by Peter S. Goodman, looking at the camera's history, reason for invention, and demise.
- Includes an MPEG of the coffee pot, assembled by taking a snapshot of the machine every five minutes, for a day.
- Report by Leela Jacinto, looking at the coffeepot's practicality, invention, and rise to fame.
- Article discussing the reasoning behind the coffee pot camera, its history, and its end.
- Report on the announcement that the first webcam was going to be taken offline, and a brief history of it.
- Reuters report announcing the end of the coffee pot webcam.

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