Using Parse for IoT to Create an Order Button

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32 points·mattieuga··10 comments

Spark has some interesting stuff in this area.

$19 for the upcoming Photon board, and $39 for the cellular-connected Electron.

https://store.spark.io/

Arduino seems like overkill here.

The interesting part of the Dash isn't the backend (something that can handle API calls), but the hardware, and how cheap they can make it.

True.

They've also found the killer app for the Internet of Things - having devices order their own refills. Coming soon to Whirlpool washers and (scarily) Brother printers.

"Creates a direct connection between your wallet and our bank account."

A direct connection between my wallet and bank account? How so? If anything, that's what my debit card does :)

As I mentioned in the other thread, the ESP8266 is a Wifi chip that you can buy for $5/each on an order of 1, and can run custom code, so you'd only need one of those plus a case, battery and button. You could probably build a button for less than $10, without even ordering large quantities.

Don't forget your power regulation.

Does anyone knows the tech behind cloud code? how do they execute javascript safely on the server ?

The title led me to believe that Amazon had teamed up with Parse for this which I would have found surprising.

This has nothing to do with Amazon Dash other than using a button trigger an HTTP request.

I think dash announcement is why facebook is releasing this blog post now.

The title has changed and it is now clearer, the title was originally "Amazon Dash built on Parse".

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