Amazon Dash Buttons

Amazon makes lots of interesting hardware gadgets. This one, the Amazon Dash Button, is of questionable value. Amazon has a variety of dash buttons, branded with Tide, Glad, Charmin, etc. The consumer buys the Button for $5, peels off the sticky tape, and fastens the Button in some convenient location. Then, when he runs out of plastic bags or dog food, he pushes the appropriate button, and a corresponding order is placed automatically. Your first order is discounted by $5, so the Button is effectively free.

The product works fine, and is a nice piece of engineering. The problem is, people like to push buttons. I put a Tide button near my laundry machine, and people pushed it. Do you know how much laundry detergent I have?

I would prefer to have the dash button add the corresponding item to my shopping list, which would act as a reminder to order more.

I can think of lots of great uses for such "Internet Buttons." I'd like to have one that turns on my recirculating hot water, one that orders a pizza, etc. Fortunately, Amazon offers a generic AWS IoT Button that can be custom programmed. It's not free, of course, but costs $20.

With my interests in all things IoT, I'm a big fan of the Dash button, of course. In fact, I invented my own. This Amazon Dash button is for purchasing Amazon Dash buttons. When you run low on Amazon Dash buttons, simply press the button, and it will order another one for you.

A configuration option allows you to order two Buttons with a single press.