Geek Out

Deception Of Reflection Mirror Hopes To Get You To Look At Yourself Differently

Gizmodo AU

Aussie designer John Leung, the mind behind most of the concepts we’ve seen from Melbourne architects Clarke Hopkins Clarke, has come up with one final design ebefore going out on his own. The Deception of Reflection mirror uses a honeycomb structure in the frame to make it seem like the frame is a different colour in its reflection.


April 30, 2011
Geek Out

Super Roasting Coffee With 600 Mirrors And A Giant Ball Of Fire

A not atypical coffee roaster, like an old-school Probat favoured by Stumptown, looks like this (or this). Not a small machine. Unless you compare it to Dave Hartkop’s Helios 4, a solar-powered coffee roaster.


January 31, 2011
Science

Teen Glued 5800 Mirrors Onto Satellite Dish For SOLAR DEATH-RAY

There’s something very incongruous about Eric Jacqmain’s video where he demonstrates a solar death-ray with the intensity of 5000 suns (or so he claims)… backed by plip-plop music you’d normally find in a day spa.


November 16, 2010

3D Mirror Accessory Turns iPhones Into Fun 3D Cinemas

Whoa. While you can’t actually buy this i3DG peripheral for your iPhone yet, I’m already imagining playing 3D games created especially for it. You can kiss the 3DS buh-bye.


October 14, 2010

Cyber Mirror On The Wall

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Because everything must come with an operating system now: the Cybertecture Mirror, bathroom glass that shows the weather, your weight and comes packed with apps aplenty. And it’s not a concept! It’s just very, very expensive. Reflect on that.


October 13, 2010
Cameras

Giz Explains: Why You Look Different In Photos Than You Do In The Mirror

Yesterday morning, you looked good. Yesterday evening, before you went out, you’re pretty sure you looked real good. So who the hell is this schlub in the Facebook album from last night, tagged with your name?


July 30, 2010

Aperture Science, Now In Your Bedroom

It’s so simple; all you need is a mirror, some blue paint and a love for Valve’s masterpiece in virtual teleportation.


July 5, 2010

A Forest In A Box

In a public plaza in Oosterdokskade, Amsterdam, DUS Architects installed the Unlimited Urban Woods. On the outside: a non-descript white box with a few square metre footprint. On the inside: a forest as far as the eye could see.


April 14, 2010

Invisible Cloak Invented… Just Not What We Had In Mind

This LA street performer, Mirror Man, has just succeeded where dozens of scientists have failed. Take that, Harry Potter! [Kuriositas via Toxel]


April 5, 2010
Cameras

This Is How Vampires Must Shave

Vampires don’t have reflections, so how would they get a sexy clean shave? This guy has the answer – if you assume that bloodsuckers actually show up on video. [There I Fixed It]