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What everyday object was monitored by the world's first webcam, set up at the University of Cambridge in 1991?

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Correct answer: A coffee pot

In 1991, researchers at the University of Cambridge computer lab got tired of walking to the break room only to find the coffee pot empty. They set up a camera that fed a live, grayscale image of the pot to their desktop screens. When connected to the web in 1993, it became a global sensation, attracting millions of views. Photo: Quentin Stafford-Fraser, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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