- ABCNEWS.com: Plug Pulled on Web's Historic Coffeepot - Report by Leela Jacinto, looking at the coffeepot's practicality, invention, and rise to fame.
abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/britain010307_coffee.html
- Ananova - Famous Coffee Pot Sold Online - Article about the selling of the coffee pot so that its owners can buy a new espresso machine.
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.
www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_374062.html
- CBC Radio - Pulling the Plug on World's First Webcam - Mary Lou's interview with Quentin Stafford-Fraser, in RealAudio format.
radio.cbc.ca/programs/asithappens/STEAM/webcam_030701.html
- CNN.com - Web Coffee Pot Goes off the Boil - Article on the origins, history, and demise of the coffee machine.
www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/07/coffee.pot
- 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.
detnews.com/2001/technews/0104/03/a08-207163.htm
- 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.
www.conway.com/ssinsider/webpick/wp010319.htm
- Farewell, Seminal Coffee Cam (Wired) - Reuters report announcing the end of the coffee pot webcam.
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42254,00.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.
www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,447723,00.html
- 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.
uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pwatson
- The Register: Do you Want to Own the Trojan Room Coffee Pot? - Article discussing the sale of the coffee pot on eBay.
www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/20769.html
- 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.
www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17400.html
- Trailing Edge: Coffee Cam - Article outlining the machine's history.
www.technologyreview.com/articles/trailing0601.asp
- 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.
www.cl.cam.ac.uk/coffee/coffee.html
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