Amazon's Next Life-Changing Shopping Device: AmazonDash

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Want to order groceries to your door but find the internet sooOooOOoo hard to navigate? Amazon has of course created a solution. The AmazonDash device looks like a cross between a Wii and a pregnancy test, but scans like a barcode scanner—which is exactly how you use it. If you're about to run out of, say, tomato sauce, you scan the bottle with the Dash and it adds the item to your AmazonFresh queue. If the item doesn't have a barcode, you can give the device voice commands. The idea is that you can shop throughout your day and schedule when the items are delivered by clicking to purchase the list on a desktop or mobile (yes, you still have to use the internets). It's like their showrooming app but for your own home.

While Dash is only testing with AmazonFresh beta (sign up to get one free here), it's easy to see how this might translate into style needs when it busts out of just the food category. Like ordering more socks, tights or workout gear because you just can't be bothered to do laundry that day, for example.
· AmazonFresh: Dash [Official Site]
· Amazon Just Made It Even Easier to Showroom [Racked]