I've had it running in my house for several years and I still love it - it is both a great conversation piece and genuinely useful. Please see the github page () for detailed instructions on building the mirror and configuring the app.This is a simple app to display useful information on a tablet that is mounted behind a two-way mirror so that the text appears to float on the surface of the mirror. I can't put instructions on configuring the app here because Google will reject the app for keyword spam. * Ability to use Celsius (can't believe I didn't think of that) * WebModule - loads a brief text message from an arbitrary url * Time til your bus/train arrives (takes some technical savvy to set up, but no coding required) * Stock quotes (from yahoo) (UPDATE: this is broken, due to Yahoo ending their free stock quotes service. * Current temperature and high/low for the day (from forecast.io) * Appointments and reminders from your Google Calendar If you don't mind a little coding, this app is open source () and is free for anyone to use for any purpose. There are many other "smart mirror" type projects out there, search for "magic mirror" or "smart mirror" if this one doesn't suit your fancy, but most of them will require you to do some coding. Just configure it with your location, the stocks you want to track, your nearest bus/train stop, etc and mount it in a frame. The main advantage of this app is a fully configurable UI, so you don't have to be a programmer to use it. You can see a few pictures from the construction here: This is a simple app to display useful information on a tablet that is mounted behind a two-way mirror so that the text appears to float on the surface of the mirror. Fully UI-configurable app for a smart mirror.
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