fuchikoma: Looking at the image, at first I thought this was about those mirrors designed with computer modelling to reflect an image without reversing left to r... more »
Matthew Liang Chaboud: Normal mirrors reflect light at an angle from the surface normal of the mirror equal to the incident angle. This *can* be 90 degrees, but it's a rela... more »
mikeness: Sweet, this will take my narcissism to the big time. By the way, I say photoshopp'd to the image above. more »
Navin R Johnson: I'm no mathematician, but I'll bet that these are more like lenses than mirrors. I'm guessing there is a focal point beyond which you see text (or th... more »
Elliuotatar: If you can produce such an image using a mirror, then there's no reason you couldn't recreate it agorithmically as well.
So why would a stair climbing... more »
No, the opposite of an invisibility cloak isn't a normal jacket, smartass. This universal mirror uses metamaterials to bounce light back at the same angle from which it came, so no matter where you stand, you can see yourself perfectly.
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Andrew Hicks is a mathematician. And he uses those math skills, coupled with a little computer algorithm assistance, to create mirrors that accomplish feats like reflecting text without turning the writing backwards.
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