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Anybody have examples of modern (within 10 years) stealthy startups/incubators that invented new hardware that revolutionized something?

Tivo (just outside your 10 year limit though)

Flip Video

Roomba

SpaceX

Telsa

Can you really call something like Roomba a revolution? I've met a single person in my life with a Roomba. People everywhere still sweep manually.

You have to look at it context - not every market works as quickly as the consumer tech market.

In the vacuum cleaner market there have been two major revolutions in the last 30 years.

The first was the Dyson. It was launched in 1986 and has slowly taken over the high end vacuum cleaner market.

The Roomba seems to be following a similar path. I know a few people who use it, and it has been a huge success for the company.

I see most of those as "revolutionary" applications of existing technologies/hardware. When I said hardware maybe I meant "technology"?