The electronics are fairly simple: it’s just a Pi with HDMI linking to the mirror, a WiFi dongle to retrieve online data, and a USB cable to the monitor as well, which is how it draws its power. With the right lighting and display tweaks, it can be reflective enough to use as a mirror while also displaying the weather data. Rather than use an actual mirror and project the data upon it, the Magic Mirror uses a widescreen monitor that has been put in a portrait orientation with an acrylic two-way mirror on top. “Plus, because I know what each and every function does and how it works, it makes it easier to fix bugs as well as make improvements in the future.” It’s not the first mirror of its type, and Bradley admits that he’s taken some cues from a previous project by Michael Teeuw (see more details about it on Michael’s blog), taking the concept and bringing it down to a more beginner level for himself so he could learn more about web development. “It’s a mirror that displays the information you need to know at a quick glance: the time, the date, the weather, and of course a compliment!” “It’s called a ‘Magic Mirror’, but a more accurate name would be a ‘Smart Mirror’,” Bradley tells us.
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The full article can be found in The MagPi 40
While we don’t seem to have quite reached the stage of the incredible glass tech of Tony Stark’s bedroom just yet, apparently we’re close enough to get mirrors working in the same way, or at least Bradley Melton has managed it with his Magic Mirror.
It’s not exactly brand new, unseen technology – cars have been projecting HUDS onto windscreens for a while now – but it has never been popularised in a major blockbuster before. Watching someone look over sunny Malibu while the weather info was displayed right in front of them was a great visual. It’s amazing how the Iron Man films have inspired people due to the way they portrayed almost-attainable technology.
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