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Amazon Dash Button Hack

Ted Benson has a clever approach for hacking the Amazon Dash button:

So, conceptually, problem solved. We just have to:

1. Prevent the button from actually ordering anything
2. Listen for Dash Button ARP probes, and
3. Translate those probes into spreadsheet updates

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The process outlined in the article is much easier than I expected. I wonder if Amazon would ever be willing to make it even easier though, by optionally hooking it up to IFTTT ( If This Then That ).

At $5 the dash buttons are a cheap experiment.