On first glance I thought the mirror said "Wear pants today" as if the mirror should know whether or not my legs will get cold...
Look at the weather report, if [high, expected, min] temperature below X degrees, suggest pants. Simple!
Show HN: Make a programmable mirror
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#52It would be really cool to add facial recognition at like 0.5hz to the phone so that it only turns the screen on when you're looking at it. Or alternatively customize the content based on who's present in front of the mirror.
Maybe add a motion sensor to it?
Motion sensing seems like a better solution to me. I can imagine looking from diagonally across the room wanting a quick glance at the current temp outside and it not showing up because it doesn't see my face.
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#53We made a similar project last year with voice controller
https://www.facebook.com/mcouzinet/videos/10152455989859166/...
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#54What an absolutely awesome idea. I love things like this that just blend software and information into the physical environment seamlessly. I see stuff like this and just think, yeah, now we're living in the future :-D Kind of reminds you how cumbersome and inappropriate it can be to have to pull out a dedicated black slab of glass to access all your information. The future (at least the one I want) without a doubt i…
I believe the term for things like this is an 'information radiator'. The benefit of ambient displays is they're always on so you don't need to seek any information out. It's just there.
They're quite popular in the agile community. Digital signage and wallboards everywhere. The downside is you can become conditioned to them and not notice things over time.
This is quite old but sums is up: https://www.atlassian.com/wallboards/information-radiators.j...
Re: Show HN: Make a programmable mirror
#55It would be really cool to add facial recognition at like 0.5hz to the phone so that it only turns the screen on when you're looking at it. Or alternatively customize the content based on who's present in front of the mirror.
Maybe add a motion sensor to it?
Perhaps a light sensor? You are not going to use your mirror in a dark room. Unless you want the display to show up in the dark, but personally I wouldn't want that.
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#56Can the "two way mirror" be created with "reflective window tint" (insulfilm in Brazil) glued onto a transparent acrylic sheet?
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#57Does the tablet's touchscreen work through the mirror, or is this read-only?
It's still really cool either way.
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#58This is really cool! Although the title could be better, initially I thought this is talking about mirrors that can be programmed to adjust its properties (like tilt, curvature), much like those fancy telescope mirrors, although I'm unable to find a link now.
kind of this one http://preorderlucy.com/
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#59I do like this. It is clever.
But when I did something similar for my family, which displayed everyone's chores for the day, and any events we had going on, I simply mounted a tablet on the wall of the kitchen, and wrote a web page to display the info.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe add a motion sensor to it?
Perhaps a light sensor? You are not going to use your mirror in a dark room. Unless you want the display to show up in the dark, but personally I wouldn't want that.
Right, but you may not want the mirror to always be on just because you're standing out of it's viewing angle in the same room at 11PM when the moon is out. Maybe a combination of light and motion sensors..?