Amazon plans to invest $55 million in its Lab126 division while boosting personnel by 27 percent over the next five years, Reuters reported.
Among the connected-home devices being tested, according to the publication's anonymous sources, is a WiFi device allowing customers to order household items like detergent simply by pressing a Jetsons-like button. That sounds like a great companion piece to the Seattle-based player's plans to launch delivery drones, doesn't it? At any rate, Reuters sources also claimed that Amazon was interested in wearable devices, but stressed that the products being discussed may never come to market.
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