I have often been credited in the media with inventing the webcam. This is not really justified, though I was a part of the team that did!

You can find out about the history of The Trojan Room Coffee Pot - the first webcam - from my page of 'Coffee Pot Resources' on the Computer Lab's site.

Articles about the pot featured in many major newspapers around the world, but the peak was when it made the front pages of both the London Times and the Washington Post in one month! These articles are no longer on line, but there are links to scans of them below.

There's lots more stuff about the pot here.

I've put together a simple gallery of images of the Trojan Room coffee pot.