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Magic Mirror: The Magpi Issue 54

The document discusses building a "magic mirror" using a Raspberry Pi. A magic mirror is a mirror that displays useful information like the time, weather, and calendar using a screen behind the mirror. The document recommends using a Raspberry Pi due to its low $35 cost and large developer community for magic mirror projects. It then provides instructions for building a Raspberry Pi smart mirror using the open-source Magic Mirror platform, which takes away programming pain and allows customizing the mirror through community plugins.

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Magic Mirror: The Magpi Issue 54

The document discusses building a "magic mirror" using a Raspberry Pi. A magic mirror is a mirror that displays useful information like the time, weather, and calendar using a screen behind the mirror. The document recommends using a Raspberry Pi due to its low $35 cost and large developer community for magic mirror projects. It then provides instructions for building a Raspberry Pi smart mirror using the open-source Magic Mirror platform, which takes away programming pain and allows customizing the mirror through community plugins.

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Magic Mirror

Magic mirrors have to be one of the most popular projects out there. Initially
created by combining old laptops and semi-reflective observation glass, they
appear as normal mirrors but with text and images that appear to float in mid-air.
The information displayed is typically what you need as you’re preparing to leave
the house: weather, news headlines, and transit information. Although they come
across as advanced builds, the community behind the projects have made
significant advances in making magic mirrors accessible to all. Let’s take a look at
one of these makers and then have a go at building our own mirror.

Creating a good magic mirror requires experience in many disciplines including


carpentry, electronics, programming, and graphic design. Fortunately, the team at
MagicMirror2, headed by Michael Teeuw (see The MagPi issue 54), have not only
compiled tutorials and fostered a great community, they’ve also built their own
open-source application. This modular system takes away all the programming and
design pain. Best of all, you can expand the capabilities of your mirror through the
hundreds of community plug-ins available and, if you wish, you can write your
own. It’s no wonder it won the number one slot in our best projects feature for The
MagPi issue 50.

These Raspberry Pi smart mirrors can tell you the time, date, weather, and more.
Here's how to build a magic mirror cheaply

The magic mirror of the future won't just say you're the prettiest of them all. It'll also tell
you the time, date, weather outside, upcoming calendar appointments, and more. In fact,
you can make such a smart mirror right now.

It'll cost you roughly $300 to start a magic mirror from scratch, but you can easily cut costs
and get it down to $100. Especially if you use the low-cost, hacker-friendly Raspberry Pi.

A smart mirror is basically a mirror with a screen behind it. That screen can be an Android
tablet or a computer monitor. Naturally, a monitor will make for a larger mirror. It's also a
great way to repurpose an old LCD monitor. But you can't cram a full computer in there,
unless you use a Raspberry Pi.

The Pi is basically a credit card-sized computer. It runs Linux-based operating


systems, and has a large community of developers. In fact, the smart mirror DIY
community prefers the Pi over all other methods. Throw in its $35 price tag and it's a no-
brainer to use this over any other gadgetry.
A smart mirror can be a cool addition to any space. These days, it is
surprisingly easy to build a smart mirror with less time and a low
budget. For this tutorial, I am going to show you how to build a
Raspberry Pi smart mirror using the Magic Mirror platform.

What is Magic Mirror?


Think about it, it’s pretty cool to see daily tasks, weather reports,
latest news headlines, incoming messages and more while getting
ready in front of the mirror — especially in our daily life with busy
schedules.

That’s how the Magic Mirror was born. It is a platform that can be
easily installed on Raspberry Pi. It is a very powerful and user-
friendly platform that allows users to customize it to make it their
own.

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