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    15 Inspired Gadgets From the Early 2000s That Were Ahead of the Curve

    The early 2000s were a strange and exciting time in tech. Some gadgets were clunky, others were flashy, but a few were so forward-thinking, they felt like they came from the future. Let’s take a nostalgic scroll through 20 early 2000s gadgets that were ahead of their time, even if they didn’t quite take off the way we expected. These 15 gadgets from the early 2000s seem like they might have sprang onto the scene far too soon. The trouble with being ahead of the curve is that for a while, people still need to catch up to what’s in…

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    10 Car Features That Disappeared and No One Misses

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    15 Scary Houses That Could’ve Been Haunting Movie Sets

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    15 Bumper Stickers That Are the Class Clowns of the Road

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    14 Old Wives’ Tales from the 1960s

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