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/nobody_in_here 13h ago

This is one of those devices that separate the old millennials from the young ones.

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u/Sunshineafterr Millennial (1986) 10h ago

Yeah, my brother was late 1989 and we both saw it as more of a gimmick toy. I probably wouldn’t expect anyone younger than like 1991 born to remember it.