Hydrate.Direct’s IoT Smart Button Redefines Water Delivery
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
London-based Hydrate.Direct has employed the latest in Internet of Things (IoT) technology, using a ‘smart button’ that allows customers to order more water for their cooler in a single touch.
Source: FoodBev
The button – like the Amazon Dash button used by major FMCG companies – is a secure WiFI-connected device that can be set up by the customer in minutes. It is pre-configured to know the customer’s delivery and payment details, and what quantity of bottled water they want with each order.
Customers with the Hydrate.Direct button simply press the button when their water is running low and receive a new water delivered the next day.
Hydrate.Direct is one of the first UK SMEs to be accepted onto Amazon’s IoT Enterprise Program (within Amazon Web Services – AWS). As well as using their IoT button, they utilise Amazon’s cloud technology and Lambda functionality.
This secure set-up is robust, scalable, and dynamic: they can respond to demand quickly, and adjust the button functionality if needed to different types of customers.
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- Drinking Water Security
- Water Access
- Technology
- Internet of Things (IoT)