{"id":1933,"date":"2013-04-20T04:29:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T04:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=489"},"modified":"2013-04-20T04:29:14","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T04:29:14","slug":"the-driving-force-behind-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/the-driving-force-behind-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Driving Force Behind Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"
Did you know the first webcam was invented to check to see if a coffee pot was empty without having to get up?\u00a0 Students at Cambridge University invented the first webcam so that they could monitor the coffee pot from another room, so they\u00a0wouldn’t have to\u00a0walk all the way there if it was empty.\u00a0 The old phrase goes, \u201cIf you want to find an easy way to do a difficult project, give it to the laziest employee.\u201d\u00a0 But why is that true?\u00a0 Surely our innovation would come from our need to succeed.\u00a0 Or simply our passion for design and development would drive us.\u00a0 Perhaps it\u2019s a little bit of each.\u00a0 You can\u2019t ignore what a huge discovery these students made.\u00a0 Webcams are placed in almost every single laptop sold today, and paved the way for front facing cameras on our phones.\u00a0 But how can we drive that innovation, other than a need for a fresh cup of joe?<\/p>\n
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