@meobeou - The smart mirror glass from www.twowaymirrors.com is 30% transparent and works really well.
Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Best posts made by bhepler
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RE: Optimal Mirror - Light Transmission
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RE: MMM-BMW-DS (A different kind of weather module)
I like this. It’s tight and conveys a lot of information in little real estate.
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RE: My Full-Length Smart Mirror
That is an incredibly clean back to your mirror. It looks great. Well done!
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RE: MM as a screensaver
To expand on @sdetweil’s post, the Magic Mirror framework is a web application. You can connect to it just like any other dynamic website.
If you can configure your screensaver to load a web page, then you can point it at your Mirror’s IP address on port 8080 (by default) and it will show you the interface. You will have to modify the IP Whitelist to include your computer, but that’s pretty trivial.
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RE: Help with hardware for magic mirror
@achanaksadma - The type of monitor doesn’t really matter all that much. Your basic Magic Mirror is displaying large white text on a black background. Any monitor will be able to display it. It is preferable that your monitor have an HDMI port that points down towards the monitor stand instead of straight back. But that’s not a critical requirement. It is pretty much a requirement that you use an LCD monitor. Nobody but nobody has used a CRT monitor for their Magic Mirror, for weight and size reasons.
For the type of mirror, you’re looking to purchase a two way mirror with about 30 to 50% light transmission. That means that any light source behind the mirror will have about 30-50% of that light make it through the glass. If you find a company that makes a one-way mirror with these specs, go for it. One way mirrors are the same as two-way mirrors.
I’ve used www.twowaymirrors.com a few times and have been quite happy with the service.
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RE: Full Length Bathroom Mirror Build
That is quite the tub.
And the mirror is pretty awesome, BTW.
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RE: Newbie with some initial questions
IMHO:
- Frameless monitors are okay. I personally remove the plastic bezel from the monitors so they’re essentially frameless anyway. If you’re uncomfortable with this, you can solve it by slinging money at the problem and buying a frameless monitor. The facing frame that you build in a typical mirror is going to put a border around the edges anyway. There is padding around the edge built into the Magic Mirror default stylesheet, so this becomes kind of a moot point.
- I have not built a touchscreen mirror, mainly for the reasons you mention. I try to keep my mirror looking like a mirror, and avoid finger smudges. A lot of people want a touch interface for some reason. I don’t personally understand it. The interface is mostly push, not push-and-drag so that’s more or less a non-issue.
- I relocate mine to the bottom of the box, hidden behind the frame. For the most part, they’re unused. But I like to leave them accessible just in case.
- My first mirror had a camera behind the acrylic that would detect movement. The latest mirror also uses a camera behind the glass. The next one will probably feature a hole drilled in the facing frame for the sensor. With a little patience and sharp tools, it can be very discreet.
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RE: does the monitor have to be right up against the 2way mirror or is a space between good?
@steed - yes, you should. I used black construction paper from Michaels.
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MMM-WeasleyClock - A Clock The Shows Location Not Time
Description:
Inspired by the location clock from the Harry Potter movies and a nifty Instructable, this module displays the location of your family members. Working with an open source location app on your phone, it will update your mirror to display where you are.
If you haven’t seen the movies, there is a grandfather clock in a house that doesn’t tell time, but rather tells the viewer the location of each member of the household. Each hand represents a family member and the hand rotates as that member changes location.
As your phone changes location, it will enter regions that you define and update the mirror. The module will then rotate the hand associated with that phone to point to the name of the region (and make a quiet “bong” noise). The module recognizes when you are traveling and if you lose connection. Locations can be different for each family member and locations are only limited by screen real estate (number of people is capped at seven)
Screenshots:
There’s also a table mode if you don’t have a lot of space on your mirror.
Download:
[card:BrianHepler/MMM-WeasleyClock]
Github Link
Version 1.0.0
- Initial Release
- Configurable locations, people
To Do
- Configurable positioning of hands and locations
- Better graphics on hands, locations. Optional clock face.
- Configurable sounds
- Push locations to phones
- Third display style