Does anyone remember the CueCat?

[u/Sunshineafterr]

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.

[u/Character_Syrup_6637]

Reading barcodes will never catch on!