Mirrors

80 Ravishing Reflections

We’ve all viewed our share of photography through a mirror, but I can almost promise that the entries in this week’s Shooting Challenge: Reflection in a Mirror have a few tricks you’ve never seen before. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-reflection-in-a-mirror-5495613 Dual Approaches [Ed note: two of this week’s participants worked at the same idea—capture a subject through the mirror…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 22

Shooting Challenge: Reflection In a Mirror

It’s the oldest trick in the book—reflect any object in a mirror and said object becomes infinitely more artsy. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, let’s show the world why mirrored surfaces have still got it. The Challenge Shoot whatever you want, as long as it includes a mirror/reflection somewhere in the photo. HOWEVER, let’s focus…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 17

Glimpse Mirror Opens the Door to Doppelgängers

No special technology to see here, just clever design. The Glimpse Mirror by designer Sarah T. Kang opens a door into any surface. Inside, you’ll find yourself—only a bit fatter than you’d remembered. [mocoloco]

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 18

Paris Gets C’est Chic With World’s Largest Disco Ball

Finally, the City of Light lives up to its name, thanks to artist Michel de Broin’s 7.5-meter disco ball suspended 50-meters above the Jardin du Luxembourg. It’s even more impressive in action and up close. It took artist Michel de Broin 1,000 mirrors to construct the disco ball for his Nuit Blanche project, and spotlights…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 14

Scientists Say Their Mirror-Based Invisibility Cloaks Actually Work

Researchers from Cornell and UC Berkeley say they’ve both developed invisibility cloaks using bump-shaped mirrors that can hide objects across optical wavelengths. Oddly enough, their designs are nearly identical. The MIT Technology Review says that they both pulled their inspiration from the mind grapes of a British student who hypothesized that making objects look like…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 29

An Ugly Picture of a Beautiful OLED Rearview Mirror

Try to look beyond that filthy smartphone JPEG compression to get glimpse into the future of auto mirrors. The NeoView Kolon is a prototype that uses a transparent OLED display, presumably layered over a reflective mirror. The result is a HUD of sorts…that could probably be extremely useful if it didn’t expend so much light…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 20

The Glow Mirror Creates Instant Halo Effect

You’ve always felt special, important to humanity. But when you look in the mirror, reality sets in. You’re not even ugly, you’re just mundane. The Glow Mirror will fix that. Looking past the creepy android mockup for a moment, the Glow Mirror is actually a pretty interesting product. Layered with photo luminescent material, the mirror…

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 27

Mathematician Creates Impossible, Rule-Bending Mirrors

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. His mirrors can reflect wider angles, capture 360-degree panoramas without distortion and even reflect vast amounts of infrared data (to measure body temperature).…

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 25

Interactive Mirrors: The Inevitable Future of Vanity

Lit Studios and Interference inc, the same guys who made that ridiculous laser pointer wall a few weeks ago, are back with a touch-enabled interactive mirror. Using a combination of projection techniques, they were able to superimpose a clear, vivid, moving image on top of a regular reflection, creating the bathroom mirror HUD that humanity…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 23

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

When I was a kid, I used to think all celebrities were like 30 feet tall, since they look pretty gigantic on the big screen. Then I got older, and heard nasty rumors about how dwarf-y people like Sly Stallone and Tom Cruise really were, but I didn’t really believe it, since I couldn’t exactly…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Apr 7

Tetris Mirror Pieces Fall Down But Don’t Disappear

Want to teach your kid to be really good at Tetris really fast? Let them play with this Tetris Mirror, which has the bottom part already formed for a convenient mirror surface, but has the top part all Tetris’ed out so you can rearrange them at will. Put a piece wrong and junior gets cut…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 19

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

Mirror TVs are nothing new, but this is the first I’ve seen that does triple duty, playing the role of mirror, TV and PC all in one. DND Casa calls their concept mirror the ARCO, and from the looks of it, it’d make for a pretty sweet Media Center, letting lazy couch potatoes watch TV…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 18

Mirrored Radiator Packs Ambilight and Digital Clock

Radiators aren’t what I’d call sexy gadgets, but this one here kicks things up a few notches with a mirrored finish, built-in digital clock, and a halo-like lighting effect. Designed by Italian company Radiatori Tubor, the Tubor Mirror Radiator works on both water and electricity. It’s available in two sizes, and thank to its amblight…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 9

Interactive Mirrors Debuting at Bloomingdales

With a little bit of technology, everyone around you will be able to judge your fashion sense, thanks to Nanette Lepore and her department in the New York City Bloomingdales. Lepore has installed and began testing interactive projection mirrors. They work by projecting a picture of said piece of clothing and allows the person to…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Mar 20

Adidas Opens First Store with Virtual Shopping Mirrors

Too lazy to try on a new pair of shoes? The Adidas Shop in Paris, France is the first store to roll out virtual shopping mirrors. In a nutshell, these mirrors let you select the shoes you want to “try on” and thanks to the cameras inside the mirrors, they merge the image of your…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Mar 2

SeeEye2Eye Fixes The Webcam Stare

If you’ve ever used a webcam, you know how awkward it is to fake looking people in the eye when you’re staring at the screen instead of above it. But with SeeEye2Eye and its periscopic technology, you can look at someone’s mug while looking at the webcam simultaneously. SE2E uses mirrors to refract the image…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 15

Gentex Auto-Dimming Rear-View Mirror Replaces that Knobby Thing

Yeah, everyone has those knobby things on the bottom of their review mirror that you can flip to eliminate glare, but some of us are too damn lazy to actually use it. Gentex has stepped in with their auto-dimming rear-view mirror. This mirror will automatically adjust when some jackhole in their massive SUV decides to…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Dec 7

AddMirror: Ads in Bathroom Mirrors Are Coming

The last bastion of privacy and repose is slowly being eroded, where first we heard about advertisements over urinals, and now enterprising ideapeople at Addirect have figured out how to hide ads behind mirrors. The company plans to roll out AddMirror around the world starting this month, which it test marketed in 300 fancy-schmancy bars…

Gadgets Charlie White Jul 24

Laser Bouncing Mirrors in Space

There are a couple problems plaguing the use of laser weapons. First off, they take a ton of materials and power to properly shoot an effective laser and secondly, they are hindered by range. Lasers beams have no curve, leaving them to only be targeted within direct sight. In comes the Tactical Relay Mirror System.…

Tech News Travis Hudson Feb 24

As Advertised on the Mirror

Hitachi has developed a mirror that functions as a computer display. An LCD projector shoots on the mirror surface any text, picture, porn, TV shows, websites, and flash movies, in that order. This technology, called Miragraphy, integrates sensors, RFID readers, barcode readers, cameras, etc. The mirror react to the presence of people and personalizes digital…

Gadgets Gizguest Jul 21

80 Ravishing Reflections

Shooting Challenge: Reflection In a Mirror

Glimpse Mirror Opens the Door to Doppelgängers

Paris Gets C’est Chic With World’s Largest Disco Ball

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

Adidas Opens First Store with Virtual Shopping Mirrors

SeeEye2Eye Fixes The Webcam Stare

Gentex Auto-Dimming Rear-View Mirror Replaces that Knobby Thing

AddMirror: Ads in Bathroom Mirrors Are Coming

Laser Bouncing Mirrors in Space

As Advertised on the Mirror

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