Using the software that came with your webcam, usually found on the CD packaged with your laptop, you can also alter how your camera detects light and sound. Getting Windows to detect your webcam involves checking your Devices from the Control Panel, but you can be up and running conference calls within minutes.
Forty-seven-year old comedian and actor John Thomson met fellow comic Steve Coogan while studying drama at Manchester Polytechnic and he secured him a job on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image.
Thomson won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1906 for his discovery. He also received a knighthood in 1908. His research into the nature of particles led to the invention of the mass spectrograph. Thomson's father wanted him to become an engineer but could not afford the fees for his training.