Take Peloton-style classes through a smart mirror

Imagine Peloton-style courses streamed to a smart mirror, and you’ve got a pretty close approximation of what Mirror is bringing to market today. The New York-based startup came out of stealth onstage today at TechCrunch Disrupt to show its self-titled flagship product to the world. It’s an intriguing product that turns the Peloton concept on […]

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Philips Hue takes the plunge into the bathroom with the Adore line

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Besides making lights for your yard, Philips Hue is also moving into another room — the bathroom. Its new Adore collection is launching with two products: a mirror or a ceiling fixture. 

Before you get hopes up, these are white ambient lights only, and the bulbs (or rather LEDs) in these can’t be changed by the user. Philips Hue rates them each at 2,400 lumens and with an estimated lifetime of 30,000 hours. 

Both models can help to solve a pain point for those who like to check themselves out before leaving for the office. Only in the Hues’ case, the lights can mimic natural outdoor light fluorescent tube ones in your dank, depressing office. The mirror and ceiling fixture have settings for bright light, relaxed light, and many others. In fact, there are over 50,000 shades of white that each of these can produce. Read more…

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This DIY smart mirror is small, stunning and full of features

Several years ago Google X engineer Max Braun published a medium post on a smart mirror he made and now he’s back with a new version that’s smaller and smarter. This is a smart mirror I can get behind though I still find smart mirrors completely frivolous. He published his project on Medium where he […]

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Mirror raises $13 million for virtual fitness classes

 It may seem like there are already enough on-demand fitness classes, but one startup has an idea for something a little different. Mirror is debuting an at-home device that looks like a mirror, but also lets you see the instructor and classmates for fitness routines like barre, yoga, boxing and pilates. I’m told that this is no ordinary mirror or video conferencing system, but that… Read More

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