Over the years the humble mirror hasn’t changed much. Now we’re seeing the development of “smart mirrors” writes Daisuke Wakabayashi:

• The medical mirror displays your pulse rate when you look at it. It does this by using a camera that measures slight variations in the colour of your face as your heart pumps blood in and out of it.
• Fashion stores can allow you to ‘try on’ clothes virtually and see the results in a mirror.
• Another can show you the latest in news, weather and traffic updates.
• The only thing stopping these mirrors from widespread adoption is the price tag: most cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Read more about the different things that mirrors of the future will be able to do over here.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Via: Marginal Revolution