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Magic Mirror Replaces Your Mug with an Ad

vixi — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:39:42 EDT

I've seen these before at trendy little restaurants in Fort Lauderdale. They aren't awful. I prefer these to pop up ads and flyers on my windshield.

vixi

Magic Mirror Replaces Your Mug with an Ad

Jon Grant — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:11:39 EDT

We've had these for at least 3 or 4 years in the UK... Are you guys in the dark ages or what? ;-)

Jon Grant

Magic Mirror Replaces Your Mug with an Ad

Brad — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:37:30 EDT

I've seen these for a while at coffee shops and clubs in LA.

I actually saw one that was pretty entertaining, it was a mirror UNTIL you walked up to it, and then it said "You look fine, keep moving." and was an ad for some company that "likes you the way you are".

*shrug* The technology is really simple. Just a two-way mirror and a back-light light on a sensor.

And FYI, there are ads all over bathrooms. These ones just don't take up space you might actually want to use. Beats the hell out of a bunch of postings on the back of a toilet door...

Brad

Magic Mirror Replaces Your Mug with an Ad

Mr. Black — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:24:12 EDT

Mmmm...small of back...indeed, the afternoon DID just get better!

Mr. Black

Magic Mirror Replaces Your Mug with an Ad

Complexity — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:19:01 EDT

I'm already advertised to death on my phone, in my mail, in my email, on websites, street signs, magazines, TV... ad-nauseam. But now they want to invade you with advertisements in the bathroom? This is going way overboard!

Now I have another reason to avoid using public bathrooms.

Complexity

Magic Mirror Replaces Your Mug with an Ad

Sean Harrington — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:13:32 EDT

Cool. If they can subsidize by paying someone to clean the place every once in a while, that would be great...

Sean Harrington

Magic Mirror Replaces Your Mug with an Ad

gadgetfanatic — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:58:05 EDT

they're right, it IS creepy!

gadgetfanatic

Magic Mirror Replaces Your Mug with an Ad

JPropaganda — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:30:08 EDT

Wouldn't you want people in front of the mirror reading it? Seems almost pointless, noone will take the time to read the ad from afar. Give me a good ol' urinal ad any day. Oh Bodog.net...you offer me something to look at other than the blank wall

JPropaganda

Magic Mirror Replaces Your Mug with an Ad

grandmoffporkins — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:29:34 EDT

I came across the inverse of this in a karaoke bar in Chicago. Normally, it was a mirror, but when you walked up to it, the ad appeared. (The ad consisted of shattered glass along with some obnoxious "YOU ARE TEH UGLY FATTY YARRGH" slogan.) Annoying when sober; more annoying when drunk.

Perhaps this will be a little less obnoxious. And hey -- foxy handwashing babes, mmmm...

grandmoffporkins

Magic Mirror Replaces Your Mug with an Ad

jrghoull — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:29:02 EDT

nothing like a little voyer bathroom porn to spark up an otherwise dull afternoon!

jrghoull