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The Trojan Room Coffee Machine
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
ABCNEWS.com: Plug Pulled on Web's Historic Coffeepot
Report by Leela Jacinto, looking at the coffeepot's practicality, invention, and rise to fame.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/britain010307_coffee.html
Guardian Unlimited - Plug Pulled on Web's Historic Coffee Pot
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/internetnews/story/0,7369,447723,00.html
Demise of Early Online Star (a Coffee Machine) Puts Web's Evolution in Perspective
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
Philip Watson's Home Page
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/
CBC Radio - Pulling the Plug on World's First Webcam
Mary Lou's interview with Quentin Stafford-Fraser, in RealAudio format.
http://radio.cbc.ca/programs/asithappens/STEAM/webcam_030701.html
Farewell, Seminal Coffee Cam (Wired)
Reuters report announcing the end of the coffee pot webcam.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42254,00.html
Creators to Pull Plug on Original Webcam
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
Ananova - Famous Coffee Pot Sold Online
Article about the selling of the coffee pot so that its owners can buy a new espresso machine.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_366081.html?menu=news.technology
Ananova - Internet Coffee Pot Sells for £3,350
Short article on the sale of the coffee pot, and what the owners plan to do with the money.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_374062.html
CNN.com - Web Coffee Pot Goes off the Boil
Article on the origins, history, and demise of the coffee machine.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/07/coffee.pot/
Trailing Edge: Coffee Cam
Article outlining the machine's history.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/trailing0601.asp
The Register: Do you Want to Own the Trojan Room Coffee Pot?
Article discussing the sale of the coffee pot on eBay.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/08/01/do_you_want_to_own/
The Register: World's First Webcam Coffee Pot to be Scrapped
Article discussing the reasoning behind the coffee pot camera, its history, and its end.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/03/07/worlds_first_webcam_coffee_pot/
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