Revision as of 14:06, 6 February 2017

Introduction

Build a "Smart Mirror" to display the Weather and News information. In it's more advanced forms, it might be possible to do more than that. It would be great if it could "recognize" a person and look up information specific to them (calendar, news, etc).

Desired Features

• Count Down Timer - How many Years/Months/Weeks/Days/Hours/Minutes until a deadline.
  • ie - New Years; Vacation; Presidential Election

Examples

• Build a Magic Mirror - Looks Awesome!
• How to Make a Raspberry Pi Smart Mirror
  • Hackaday Details - https://hackaday.io/project/13466-raspberry-pi-smart-mirror
• Adding some AI to the Smart Mirror (uses a Mac rather than the Raspberry Pi, but should still be possible with Raspberry Pi
• Touchscreen Smart Mirror
  • http://getpanl.com - Seems to be a "Commercial" Mirror rather than a publicly available DIY Project.
• Inspiration for the Smart Mirror
• The Magic Mirror: Powered by a Hosted Web App and Windows 10 on Raspberry Pi
• How to make a basic Magic Mirror
• YouTube Search for "Raspberry Pi Magic Mirror"

Parts Needed

• Old Monitor with HDMI or DVI interface
• 12 ft 1x2
• 12 ft 1x3
• Wood Glue
• Pocket Screws
• Low Profile HDMI Cable
• Plastic Mirror Material
• Raspberry Pi
• Weather Token
• Google Speech
• Wit.ai information

Resources

• http://aka.ms/projectoxford
• https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/magic-mirror-demo
• Tap Plastics
• https://dracarysdiy.wordpress.com/ (In German and needs to be translated)

Other Possibilities

• Amazon Echo on a Raspberry Pi - Maybe merge this with Magic Mirror?
• Installing Alexa Voice Service to Raspberry Pi
• Make your Raspberry Pi artificially intelligent! - Amazon Alexa Personal Assistant Tutorial
• https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/magic-mirror/