One of the more aggressively pointless peripherals in the era of Web 1.0: the CueCat, released in 20
One of the more aggressively pointless peripherals in the era of Web 1.0: the CueCat, released in 2000. It scanned barcodes (not just any barcodes, but ones made to work with it) that can be used to open websites to get deals and discounts. It was uniquely vulnerable to hacking.Radio Shack invested 30 million in this, and Coca-Cola invested 10 million. -- source link
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