Mirror

Burning Man isn't lacking in interesting art and architecture, but the next annual desert gathering may feature a large inflatable mirrored globe among all the other unusual structures. Named the Orb, the art piece is being produced by BIG's Bjarke Ingels, along with collaborator Jakob Lange.​

Windows let light, warmth and a view into rooms, but we don’t always want all three of those at once. That’s why researchers in Switzerland are developing a relatively simple method to smarten up windows by embedding tiny mini-mirrors in them and keep rooms comfortable all year round.

​Creating a material that can alter its optical properties in real time has proved challenging for scientists, but a team has finally achieved a major breakthrough by developing a material that can transition from clear to reflective and back again using an array of gold nanoparticles.

People rate food as tasting better, and they eat more of it, when eating with other people. The effect is known as the "social facilitation of eating," and scientists don't fully understand it. In a new study, however, it was found that it also occurs when solo diners eat in front of a mirror.

Microsoft joined the smart mirror fray at its Build conference in March demoing its own Magic Mirror. It has now explained the tricks behind the concept and provided those who don't mind a little DIY work with the tools to build their own​.

In the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland, a team of engineers has unveiled the vast gold-covered primary mirror of the future James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

​On March 3rd, a team of engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center succeeded in installing the secondary mirror onto the frame of the future James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Although mirrors are currently utilized by women everywhere, they can only show users what their makeup will look like in that one type of light. That's why simplehuman created the Wide-View Sensor Mirror. Its full-spectrum LED lighting can replicate a variety of color temperatures, on demand.​

A student team at Purdue University has created a mirror display featuring facial recognition technology that allows users to customize information streamed on the screen. The students had the idea to develop MirrorMirror by their need to be kept informed about their local bus schedule.

Polish architectural studio, Reform has plans to construct a dramatic mirrored home in the middle of a forest landscape. The exterior of the Izabelin House features a mirrored facade which gives the illusion that the upper half of the home is floating in mid air above the forest bed.

Although they're meant to show what's happening on the road behind you, rear-view mirrors can be obstructed by headrests, passengers and luggage. To counter this, Cadillac is planning to replace the rear-view mirror with a video feed. It estimates a 300 percent increase in field of vision.

Perhaps you've been in a situation where you noticed that your reflection in a window looked like it was actually standing amongst the items that were visible through that window. Now, scientists have taken that phenomenon and incorporated it into an experimental new interactive display.