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    Scientists Say Their Mirror-Based Invisibility Cloaks Actually Work

    An Ugly Picture of a Beautiful OLED Rearview Mirror

    The Glow Mirror Creates Instant Halo Effect

    Mathematician Creates Impossible, Rule-Bending Mirrors

    Interactive Mirrors: The Inevitable Future of Vanity

    Who Tall Are You? Mirror: Yep, Tom Cruise Is Teeny

    Tetris Mirror Pieces Fall Down But Don't Disappear

    Wall Mirror Doubles as TV and All-in-One PC

    Mirrored Radiator Packs Ambilight and Digital Clock

    Interactive Mirrors Debuting at Bloomingdales
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    04/29/09

    In reply to Scientists Say Their Mirror-Based Invisibility Cloaks Actually Work
    So, if I'm reading this correctly, you have to stand behind a mirror that looks flat even though it's not? Doesn't seem all the useful if there's a huge mirror lying around. . .
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    Image of Adrian Covert Adrian Covert
    04/29/09

    @admoseremic: you left out the part about light deflecting conductive material (in this case, silicon).
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    Image of RyaninCalgary RyaninCalgary
    04/29/09

    @Adrian Covert:


    What if the mirror is on top and sides of a building. Invisible from space or planes with bombs.

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    04/30/09

    @RyaninCalgary: That's easy to spot. Just search for the ground that looks anything like the sky.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/29/09

    In reply to Scientists Say Their Mirror-Based Invisibility Cloaks Actually Work
    Oh, the Romulans won't be happy to hear about this. Not happy at all.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    04/20/09

    In reply to An Ugly Picture of a Beautiful OLED Rearview Mirror
    Based on the manufacturer's name, I was expecting it to provide a detailed view of the driver's lower GI tract, and alert them if any polyps are approaching.
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    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    04/20/09

    In reply to An Ugly Picture of a Beautiful OLED Rearview Mirror
    that does have some pretty cool applications. I say put it in Formula 1 cars with that approaching vehicle speed indication program.


    Watch the lead driver actually take some risks when he sees the #2 car start flashing red in his rearview when it starts to approach above a certain speed.


    "DANGER Lewis Hamilton! DANGER!"

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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    04/20/09

    @ThreeLitre: No, Kimi needs it so he can be alerted when Lewis doesn't see the red light at the end of the pit lane.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    04/20/09

    In reply to An Ugly Picture of a Beautiful OLED Rearview Mirror
    This looks like my Kameleon remote. Perfect for my 1985 Olds!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/20/09

    In reply to An Ugly Picture of a Beautiful OLED Rearview Mirror
    So I can drive more safely while blowing up the Death Star? Awesome!
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/20/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Stay on topic... Stay on topic...
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    Image of Mac the Tard Mac the Tard
    04/20/09

    In reply to An Ugly Picture of a Beautiful OLED Rearview Mirror
    Its amazing what you can do when using the proper "Al Gore Rhythms"
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/20/09

    @bleuray vs. honeydijondvd: You just made me imagine many minutes worth of horrific Al Gore re-releases of popular 80's songs. I curse you and your progeny forever.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/20/09

    In reply to An Ugly Picture of a Beautiful OLED Rearview Mirror
    In the future, human beings will find a cure for ADD in gratuitous/superfluous displays of information overlaid on everything. There's no need to know the exact speed of oncoming cars as opposed to simply being able to see them, how many occupants are inside, which one has a pregnant lady and which one is filled with militant Mormon separatists of the future. I do, however, want to see one that can detect a bus full of zombies, or even a little novelty sword to hang from my rear view mirror that will glow blue if an Orc or a Scientologist drive too closely. THESE would be useful.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: But will the sword glow red when you're passing a car full of buxom women who have been having fun flashing motorists all day?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/20/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: That will require some sort of 3D holographic mapping tool a la Nebuchadnezzar when sentinels were nearby.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: True, one cannot just merely count upon Neo's "malfunctioning sentinal" karma always being around to save the day.


    But, if you're going to resort to 3D holographic mapping you should also include shortest route to a McRib.

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    04/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: The only message that needs to be in the rear view mirror is the message I will send to the slow motherf****r in front of me.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/20/09

    In reply to An Ugly Picture of a Beautiful OLED Rearview Mirror
    deploy this with an audible alert so i check the mirror and we are golden. tailgaters will rue the day.
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    Image of TheCrudMan TheCrudMan
    04/20/09

    @Nick:

    Should be checking the mirror every five seconds anyway.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/20/09

    @TheCrudMan: uh, no.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/20/09

    @TheCrudMan: Nonsense. Any good, experienced driver knows that you're supposed to randomly and abruptly reduce speed to ward off tailgaters.
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    Image of rentahero1 rentahero1
    04/20/09

    @Nick: @TheCrudMan: It probably depends on where you live.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I thought you were supposed to drive in a zig-zag pattern to keep them off your bumper like you do you avoid bullets, oil slicks in Spy Hunter, and being bitten by alligators.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    04/20/09

    @Nick: Rue the day? Who talks like that?
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/20/09

    @SpongeSteveSquareDave_GitEmSte...: i will leave that answer to a particular someone
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    04/20/09

    @SpongeSteveSquareDave_GitEmSte...: Villians. Villians talk like that.
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    Image of BigCementPigeon BigCementPigeon
    04/20/09

    @SpongeSteveSquareDave_GitEmSte...: My mother does the same thing with my underwear.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    04/20/09

    @BigCementPigeon: Your mom puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?
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    Image of TheCrudMan TheCrudMan
    04/20/09

    @rentahero1:

    California. You need the freaking situational awareness of a fighter pilot to drive in some of the places here.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    04/20/09

    @TheCrudMan: More so in Monterey Park.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/20/09

    In reply to An Ugly Picture of a Beautiful OLED Rearview Mirror
    Yes, because I want to be driving home on a lonely spooky highway only to look up and see a glowing pair of eyes in my rear view mirror after I speed past the guy with the hook for a hand...
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    04/20/09

    @Lite: of Other Days: Did you flash your high beams as you passed him?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/20/09

    @ripfire: No, but I lifted my feet off of floor and held my breath as I did.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    02/27/09

    In reply to The Glow Mirror Creates Instant Halo Effect
    Kevin, Steve and I will spend all our time windexing the glow right off that mirror. (Do people spend a lot of time looking in the mirror in the dark?)
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    02/27/09

    @Curves: I prefer this stuff I got from LinensNTings called Glass Magic. Stuff is awesome. Slightly lesssome is vinegar in a spray bottle.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    02/27/09

    @Emperor_GitEmSteveDave: If you really want a SHINE with no streaks, wipe them with newspaper and not paper towels.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/27/09

    @Emperor_GitEmSteveDave: @Curves: Wait. You guys actually clean your bathroom mirrors? I was just going for the joke. Maybe I need to rethink my priorities...


    * pauses to reflect *

    * but can't as there's no reflection through 7 years of toothpaste spittle *

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    Image of Brian Judar Brian Judar
    02/27/09

    @bosskev: Ah, gross. I'll get the Windex.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/27/09

    @Brian Judar: Better start with a chisel.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    02/27/09

    @bosskev: Yes, I do my bathroom mirror after I finally starting flossing thanks to a great little gadget I picked up at the drug store. I have big hands/fingers, and it's tough to maneuver floss in my mouth. I found this cool handle that you can thread w/your own floss, so you don't have to buy those disposable inserts. It puts tension on the floss, and after using that, I understood why Dentists/Hygienists wear the face shield.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    02/27/09

    In reply to The Glow Mirror Creates Instant Halo Effect
    If it makes me even look like Dr. Manhattan, I'm buying it!
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    02/27/09

    In reply to The Glow Mirror Creates Instant Halo Effect
    I was hoping it would make me look more like the creepy android mockup. He looks to be in pretty good shape.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    02/27/09

    In reply to The Glow Mirror Creates Instant Halo Effect
    I'd get one, but I have problems cleaning my mirrors. I don't think I could stand any fingerprints on the surface getting blown up 500% and glowing blue.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    02/27/09

    In reply to The Glow Mirror Creates Instant Halo Effect
    The glow in the mirror would be considerably brighter than the light that illuminates the user (decreases at the inverse of the square of the distance). This would actually make it harder to see yourself when your eyes adjust to looking at a glowing mirror. Functionality aside, it looks cool. I would consider buying it if it were eInk instead of a static photo luminescent print.
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