In 1989, Toshiba patented a microchip-controlled vacuum brewer in which the brewing of the coffee (including the grinding of the coffee beans) is performed automatically based on electronic input of the number of cups and strength desired.
A history of the minimum wage since 1938. The grey line shows the minimum wage, unadjusted for inflation, whereas the blue line shows you what it would be worth in 2012. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt first created the minimum wage in 1938, it was 25 cents. Adjusted for inflation, that would be worth $4.07 today. The minimum wage had its lowest buying power in 1948, when it was worth about $3.81 in today's dollars. It had its highest buying power in 1968, when it was worth about $10.56. At $7.25 in 2012, our current minimum wage is in the middle of those two extremes.
Wage and Hour Division (WHD) (June 2014) (PDF) On February 12, 2014, President Obama signed Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors, to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 for all workers on Federal construction and service contracts.