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The Trojan Room Coffee Machine  - http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/coffee/coffee.html  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.  Guardian Unlimited - Plug Pulled on Web's Historic Coffee Pot  - http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,447723,00.html  Report on the announcement that the first webcam was going to be taken offline, and a brief history of it.  Demise of Early Online Star (a Coffee Machine) Puts Web's Evolution in Perspective  - http://www.conway.com/ssinsider/webpick/wp010319.htm  History of the coffee machine, covering the reasons for its invention, its impact on the web, and its demise.  Philip Watson's Home Page  - http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pwatson/  Includes an MPEG of the coffee pot, assembled by taking a snapshot of the machine every five minutes, for a day.  CBC Radio - Pulling the Plug on World's First Webcam  - http://radio.cbc.ca/programs/asithappens/STEAM/webcam_030701.html  Mary Lou's interview with Quentin Stafford-Fraser, in RealAudio format.  Farewell, Seminal Coffee Cam (Wired)  - http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42254,00.html  Reuters report announcing the end of the coffee pot webcam.  Creators to Pull Plug on Original Webcam  - http://www.detnews.com/2001/technews/0104/03/a08-207163.htm  Article from the Washington Post, by Peter S. Goodman, looking at the camera's history, reason for invention, and demise.  CNN.com - Web Coffee Pot Goes off the Boil  - http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/07/coffee.pot/  Article on the origins, history, and demise of the coffee machine.  Trailing Edge: Coffee Cam  - http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/trailing0601.asp  Article outlining the machine's history.  The Register: Do you Want to Own the Trojan Room Coffee Pot?  - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/08/01/do_you_want_to_own/  Article discussing the sale of the coffee pot on eBay.  The Register: World's First Webcam Coffee Pot to be Scrapped  - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/03/07/worlds_first_webcam_coffee_pot/  Article discussing the reasoning behind the coffee pot camera, its history, and its end.  ABCNEWS.com: Plug Pulled on Web's Historic Coffeepot  - http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=81417&page=1  Report by Leela Jacinto, looking at the coffeepot's practicality, invention, and rise to fame.