UNStudio has created a beautifully constructed archway that brightens up the retail sphere of Xintiandi Mall in China. Because it’s lined with mirrors, you can track your movements from beginning to end and watch your surroundings skip playfully across the different planes of the mall’s entrance. It’s like walking down the inside of a wormhole—except you stay safely grounded in both time and space.
No, it’s not a one way mirror. It’s much cooler than that. MIT scientists have invented a new invisible mirror that can show reflections like a typical mirror but also be see through like a window. The magic is in the alternating 84 ultra thin layers typical glass and tantalum oxide. It’s a mirror but when you spin it, it becomes transparent. Some light passes through, some light gets reflected.
Mirror mirror on the hull, who is the most logical of all? This Spock stained glass mirror is just what you need if you think of yourself as the mirror universe Spock. Just gaze into it and practice your Vulcan meditation while admiring your reflection.
The Spock You mirror is the work of Etsy seller GlassKissinCreations and it can be yours for $49(USD). Observe your inner Spock in this mirror, while you practice those tricky Vulcan hand gestures.
If you have been practicing the Vulcan way, then you have already been living long and have prospered enough to afford it. It is only logical to hit the buy button.
Nissan just made the rear-view mirror twice as useful. Its Smart mirror neatly hides an LCD monitor, which can display live video from a camera mounted at the rear of a vehicle at the flick of a switch.
The 4:1 monitor and 1.3mp camera should come in handy not just when your cargo or passengers are blocking your view, but also when your rear window gets dusty, wet or fogged up.
I think it’s a great idea, but as other folks have pointed out, it might be better if the switch is installed somewhere that’s closer to the driver. Nissan will offer the Smart rear-view mirror starting this Spring in Japan and in the rest of the world starting next year.
Getting someone to smile for a photo when they’re not feeling chipper can be rather difficult. Sure – you can try tickling them, promising them their favorite treat or a date with their favorite celebrity, but there are some people who won’t crack a smile, no matter how hard you try. If you own this digital mirror, then you won’t need to persuade your subject as it’ll make them smile for you.
The digital mirror was created using a large LCD display along with a camera installed just above the screen that is used to capture footage of someone’s face. Once detects the subject’s face, it can then deliver subtle changes to the person’s face in real-time to change their expression. (more…)
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Remember Corning’s glass-filled vision of the future? A company called Posh View was inspired by the Gorilla Glass maker’s concept video and is trying to make one of the devices in that video real. Posh View’s iMirror is an Internet-connected touchscreen device that happens to have a mirror as its display.
The iMirror is a lot like today’s consumer touchscreen devices. It has apps for things like the weather, Facebook, Twitter, Google Maps and more. It also supports voice commands, although I don’t know how well it can recognize your voice when you have a toothbrush in your mouth.
Here’s a more straightforward demo of the iMirror:
I’m surprised they don’t have a Magic Mirror app yet. Sadly, the iMirror is going to cost you. You have to pledge at least $2,749 CAD (~$2,624 USD) on Kickstarter to get the device as a reward. I wonder if Apple’s going to spin the glare of their glossy displays into a feature.
[via DudeIWantThat]
Maybe this is Mozilla’s retort to Google’s Chromecast, maybe it isn’t. Either way, the end result certainly looks similar. Details are scarce, but an enigmatic Google+ photo shared by insider Mark Finkle clearly reveals some sort of wireless tab mirroring between a Nexus 4 and a Roku box. We’re going to hazard a guess that it’s being orchestrated through the web, rather than merely being based on WiFi Direct or a similar device-to-device protocol. In the same manner as Chromecast or Apple’s AirPlay, this could allow the Firefox-running smartphone to be used independently from what’s shown in the display — so, for example, it could work as a keyboard or a remote control at the same time as feeding content. Anyway, there’s a limit to how much we can glean from a single pic (could that be a DVD-VHS combo player on the shelf?), so we’ve asked Mozilla for a bit more detail and will update this post if we hear back.
Update: Mozilla has confirmed that it is indeed at working on a second-screen solution for Firefox on a range of devices:
“We are conducting some experiments around second-screen support with a number of devices. But this is at investigation stage and we have nothing to announce at this time.”
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio/Video, Internet, Mobile
Source: Mark Finkle (G+)
Sure, Google already has Chromecast for throwing websites and media to big screens. The company’s engineers believe they can go one better, however, with something called the Open Project framework. It’s an effort to find a standardized way of mirroring not only content, but also touch inputs on a suitably equipped touchscreen or connected TV. Setting it up is simple: open the Open Project server webpage running on the machine connected to your chosen display, scan a QR code with your smartphone camera, and boom, you’re ready to interact with your content and apps. It opens a world where people can collaborate on content or play multiplayer games without additional hardware or sensors. Open Project remains a proof-of-concept for now, or perhaps a plaything for UI-obsessed billionaires, but check out the video to see where the technology might take us in the future.
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Google
Via: Android Community
We all want our own personal interdimensional portal, but you can’t find real ones just anywhere. And even if you do, you might get trapped in another dimension. So this one is much safer. This infinity mirror has a series of Arduino controlled LEDs that can change their color.
It looks pretty amazing. I bet real-world portals don’t look this cool. They probably don’t look like anything. I would ask someone who has seen one, but they are all gone. Never to be seen again. They should have just made one of these. So shiny and pretty.
If you want to learn how to make one for yourself, check out the instructables page by the mirror’s creator, Ben Finio.
[via Obvious Winner]
Do you find yourself pushing your roommate or significant other out of the way every morning, just so you can get a better glimpse of yourself in the mirror? It might seem like a minor thing, but a lot of people get on each other’s nerves in the daily battle to get some prime mirror space.
Mirror 180 solves that problem though, since it’s a singular mirror that works like it’s actually two. The mirror is angled in the middle, so it gives you two different perspectives. There are a bunch of ways you can use the mirror, depending on how you choose to hang it. Most just hang it with the halves vertical, though, so two people can use it side by side without having to fight over space.
Convenience comes at a pretty hefty price tag, though, as the Mirror 180 retails for $279(USD).
[via Craziest Gadgets via Red Ferret]
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