https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-button/ref=br_imp_ara-1
Damn US. Hours ahead! I think they should do it for real.
I'm not sure if it's an April fool or a brilliant real device.
They'd be cheap enough to make, easy enough to use and pay for themselves a hundred times over. It's also in the one area Amazon need (and want) to expand in.
I don't think it's a joke. Looks to be some sort of RFID or chip transponder on a button that appears (best I can tell) to update your account's cart. I don't want it -who needs YET ANOTHER Amazon dependency?- but I think this is right on target for our convenience-driven lifestyle in the US.
I hope they have security in mind. Ordering 10,000 rolls of toilet paper would be an excellent/costly prank.
> 10,000 rolls of toilet paper
in this house that's known as Wednesday's use of the stuff!
Indeed, sometimes it may not be possible to press the button quick enough :)
With their drone service and this, it could be the new way of doing things.
Don't order chocolate spread at the same time...
http://heavy.com/social/2014/05/nutella-bathroom-prank-poop-youtube-video/
>10k rolls
We raised 4 girls. Don't even talk to me about toilet paper.
Amazon starts selling quick-buy Dash Buttons for $5 each
http://www.techspot.com/news/61569-amazon-dash-buttons-5-dollars.html
If someone could make something like this for beer and alcohol they would make a fortune. Push a button and someone shows up at your door 15 minutes later with a 6 pack.
One of the big pizza chains or fast food restaurants that want to deliver could make a killing as well.
Doc, you are right. I bet Amazon has a dozen or so patents on the concept though. So, who ever does this will need to either give them a cut or lawyer up.
>If someone could make something like this for beer and alcohol they would make a fortune.
>Push a button and someone shows up at your door 15 minutes later with a 6 pack.
>One of the big pizza chains or fast food restaurants that want to deliver could make a killing as well.
Open source clones have already appeared and commercial equivalents already exist. The hardware, based on the stuff I read, is almost identical. It needs some polish, but I bloody love the idea.
I learnt about the Photon, when I was looking to see if there was such a thing as an "internet button" - In practice what I wanted was a 2FA thing that sat on a desk and had to be pushed to authenticate. All I'd need it to do was to ping a defined URL with some information.
Press button, turn on, ping, turn off.
I never got there, but..... I still love the idea.
https://store.particle.io/?redirected=true
we're looking at the app side of this for a client - so a virtual 'panic' button but actually the same ultimate mechanism, just straight to app. don't think they can have patented that bit :)
From a "wow" POV, I love that they're allowiing manufacturers to build a physical button into their products - very clever way to tie companies in!
>we're looking
Python Code To Hack Amazon's Dash buttons to do things other than buying stuff
https://medium.com/@edwardbenson/how-i-hacked-amazon-s-5-wifi-button-to-track-baby-data-794214b0bdd8
http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/17/hack-amazon-dash-buttons/
An amazing movement in the play around a bility of these things. I wish I could order them here. I'd get loads.
I think it's an almost perfect 2FA device
[update]
amazon dash goes virtual
http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/amazon-digital-dash-buttons/
[update]
Amazon Adds More Dash Buttons Because So Many People Are Using Them
https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/amazon-dash-buttons-popularity/
I hate this idea. Seems like such a waste of natural resources.
Mind you a drop in the ocean compares to their packaging.
<4 years later>Amazon's press-to-order Dash buttons are officially discontinued - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/28/18245315/amazon-dash-buttons-discontinued
QuoteExisting Dash buttons will continue to function "so long as the public keeps using them," CNET says. The company seems to believe that the smart home and its Alexa voice assistant have obviated the need for Dash buttons.
I never understood why a mobile app version was never utilised.
Mobile devices are practically attached to every human on planet earth so will be easily accessible, and surely would have cost less to develop, and had more reach than a physical button that needed a lot of forethought and hassle in obtaining.
Quote from: Chunkford on March 01, 2019, 10:58:57 AM
I never understood why a mobile app version was never utilised.
Mobile devices are practically attached to every human on planet earth so will be easily accessible, and surely would have cost less to develop, and had more reach than a physical button that needed a lot of forethought and hassle in obtaining.
All true, but you have to take your phone out of your pocket. Then wait for the app to open. Then scroll to the item you need to re-order. All that effort feels so 2016.
> Alexa voice assistant have obviated the need for Dash buttons
And physically pushing a button is soooo 2017.
Quote from: ukgimp on July 19, 2017, 03:52:09 PM
I hate this idea. Seems like such a waste of natural resources.
A basic principle of minimalism - buy as few things as possible that do one thing. This was the ultimate, wasteful, "do one thing" item. It's popularity was entirely due to people's false sense of time (something I fall victim too a lot and which I'm watching more carefully lately).