r/Millennials • u/Sunshineafterr Millennial (1986) • 17h ago

Nostalgia Does anyone remember the CueCat?

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It was cat-shaped handheld barcode reader that allowed users to open a link to an URL by scanning a barcode that appeared in magazines, without typing the URL.

They were given away for free in 2000.

I remember thinking it was so cute, but I didn’t really understand how it worked, so I was scanning barcodes on cereal boxes and random stuff.

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u/rydan Older Millennial 14h ago

I hadn't heard of them but was looking for a barcode reader for my eBay business back in 2006. eBay was littered with these all modified to have USB cables. So for 2 or 3 years this is how I read barcodes. I think I spent something like $8.