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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    • Borderless bathroom mirror

      First things first. It all started 2 years ago when I started building a smart home system based on Home Assistant. The next logical step for me was a smart bathroom mirror that would display my calendar, commute to work information, weather info and sensor info from my smart home.

      I had all the needed hardware - 24"LCD, Raspberry Pi 3b+ and etc.

      I wanted a frameless mirror as it looked more slick, modern and professional.

      I decided to go with the mirror that Goldjunge_Chriz offered as it had a lot of positive reviews on the forum albeit being more expensive.

      The setup is the following:

      • 80x73 cm two-way mirror (I was the unlucky winner who got a broken mirror by the courier, but that’s another story. I managed to glue it just for the sake of testing. I found a mirror company here in Bulgaria that offers a better and cheaper alternative but I will share more details on that later)
      • 24" LCD monitor
      • WRGB LED strip behind the mirror, controlled by H801 Wi-Fi controller integrated with Home Assistant
      • PS3 eye camera behind the mirror which is responsible for face recognition and voice commands
      • External motion sensor turns on the mirror and switches it off after there is no motion detected (Home Assistant automation)
      • The WRGB LED is controlled by Home Assistant

      The frame:

      • Built out of 50x50 mm Г-shaped aluminum profiles, welded together
      • On the back of the mirror there is a non-transparent foil cut to the dimensions of the monitor
      • The frame is glued to the mirror through the foil

      Some pictures of the back of the mirror before it is installed:
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      Videos of the mirror in action:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eljzwpAeAdM
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNTWafM9NF4

      Considerations:

      • The mirror is too dark … it is not suitable for rooms with no natural light. I will be testing another mirror at a later stage and will come back with the results, but this one is definitely not going to serve as a normal mirror in your bathroom.
      • You have to stick something to the back of the mirror (e.g. non-transperant foil, wood panel or something else, otherwise you will be able to see through)
      • If you can afford it (I can’t at the moment) go for an OLED monitor/TV - the LCD backlight is seen through the mirror and while it is not that bad I am perfectionist and it bothers me :D
      posted in Show your Mirror
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    • RE: MMM-AssistantMk2 (v3)

      @Bugsounet thanks for the information. When should we expect your fork of the project to be ready?

      posted in System
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    • RE: MMM-AssistantMk2 (v3)

      Well, now as @Bugsounet closed his modules for MM and @Sean deleted the AssistantMk2 repo the MM users are left without Voice control. Great!

      posted in System
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    • RE: *NEW LIST 29.06.2021* Two way community order for mirror glass for all european countries - Open until at least 10 people have entered

      @fribse said in Two way community order for mirror glass for all european countries - Open until at least 10 people have entered the list:

      @Ivanov_d Mine arrived in one piece, though I never got a notification from the danish postal system, so I had to find it through customer service, that couldn’t give me a danish tracking number, but fortunately the guy at the post office was a bright kid, that could find it from the description with ‘fragile’ and ‘glass’ written all over it.

      Lucky you. It seems like somebody stepped on the package and broke it.

      posted in Hardware
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    • RE: *NEW LIST 29.06.2021* Two way community order for mirror glass for all european countries - Open until at least 10 people have entered

      Has anyone received their mirror? Mine arrived today but it is broken :(

      posted in Hardware
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    • RE: *NEW LIST 29.06.2021* Two way community order for mirror glass for all european countries - Open until at least 10 people have entered

      Confirmed

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    • RE: *NEW LIST 29.06.2021* Two way community order for mirror glass for all european countries - Open until at least 10 people have entered
      # username width (m) height (m) real area (m2) area to pay for (min. 0,4 m²) location of delivery additional comments (like polished edges)
      1 Ivanov_d 0,8 0,73 0,58 0,58 Bulgaria polished edges
      2 fribse 0,7 0,6 0,42 0,42 Denmark polished edges
      3 lavolp3 0,666 0,666 0,44 0,44 Germany (NRW)
      4 super99iper 0,715 1,24 0,89 0,89 Italy polished edges
      5 Photon2000 0,79 0,79 0,62 0,62 Germany, Berlin polished edges
      6 lolo 0,84 0,7 0,59 0,59 Croatia polished edges
      7 gdr2404 1,1 0,45 0,5 0,5 UK polished edges
      8 hozt 0,48 0,70 0,294 0,4 PT polished edges
      9 gianni.b 0,911 0,522 0,4755 0,4755 Italy polished edges
      10 djdocta 57,8 95,3 0,55 0,55 Germany polished edges
      11 uros76 0,7 0,4 0,28 0,4 Poland polished edges

      I think that we are enough already :)

      @Goldjunge_Chriz can we have next steps, please?

      posted in Hardware
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    • RE: *NEW LIST 29.06.2021* Two way community order for mirror glass for all european countries - Open until at least 10 people have entered
      # username width (m) height (m) real area (m2) area to pay for (min. 0,4 m²) location of delivery additional comments (like polished edges)
      1 Ivanov_d 0,8 0,73 0,58 0,58 Bulgaria polished edges
      2 fribse 0,7 0,6 0,42 0,42 Denmark polished edges
      3 lavolp3 0,666 0,666 0,44 0,44 Germany (NRW)
      4 super99iper 0,715 1,24 0,89 0,89 Italy polished edges
      5 Photon2000 0,79 0,79 0,62 0,62 Germany, Berlin polished edges
      6 lolo 0,84 0,7 0,59 0,59 Croatia polished edges
      7 gdr2404 1,1 0,45 0,5 0,5 UK polished edges
      8 hozt 0,48 0,70 0,294 0,4 PT polished edges
      9 gianni.b 0,911 0,522 0,4755 0,4755 Italy polished edges
      10

      Yeayyy, we need one more order :) C’mon guys!

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