INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Several years ago Google X engineer Max Braun published a medium post on a smart mirror he made and now he back with a new version that
This is a smart mirror I can get behind though I still find smart mirrors completely frivolous.
He published his project on Medium where he
explains the process and the parts a person would need to build their own
This isn&t a project for everyone, but Max gives enough instructions that most enterprising builders should be able to hack something
similar together.
I recently reviewed a smart mirror and found it a bit silly but still useful
Ideally, like in Max smart mirrors, the software is passive and always available
Users shouldn&t have to think about interacting with the devices; the right information should be displayed automatically
It a balancing act.
At this point, smart mirrors are little more than Android tablets placed behind a two-way mirror
Retail models are expensive to be buy and hardly worth it since a person phone or voice assistant can probably provide the same information
After all, how many devices does a person really need to tell them the weather forecast
