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Web star is has-bean

Published on
September 14, 2001
Last updated
May 27, 2015

Probably the world's most famous coffee pot has just percolated its last. Ten years ago, researchers at the University of Cambridge trained a camera on their coffee pot to ensure that those in other rooms knew if enough was left for a cup. The pot later became the first web-cam and cult viewing across the world and has now been auctioned to a German online news service for £3,350. The money will go towards better coffee facilities for the research team.

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