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See more details here - http://www.naijatechguy.com/2016/07/how-to-build-simple-smart-mirror.html

Requirements


TWO-WAY MIRROR



For this project a traditional mirror is not enough, what we are
looking for is a two-way mirror: these are special panels which
allow the light to pass from the rear outwards, and also reflect the
light off the front, depending on the light condition on the other
side. If the other side is bright, we will see through, like a normal
glass. On the other hand, if the other side is dark, we will just see
our reflected image.



An interesting aspect about this property is the
fact that it is very localised, so for example if we put a screen on
the other side of the two-way mirror, we will see our reflected
image in the dark parts of the screen, while the bright ones will
"pass through" and we will see them overlaid to our mirror. This is
the key idea behind a smart mirror.
It is possible to find two-way mirrors from different stores online,or
some stores.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x-MTNq2OgPw/V4yR4qvuA6I/AAAAAAAAFKs/hruV5N7Ci6k/1468829157697.jpg



The whole grammar typed above might seem confusing so I'll break it
down in a layman's language. An example two way mirror are those
mirrors commonly used in glasses. Someone can be viewing his
reflection outside, while you can see the person from inside. Someone
might be doing something outside but he/she doesn't know that
there's someone inside because of the way the mirror is..




DISPLAY
In order to show information on the mirror we need a display.
This will be placed behind the mirror and the bright areas of the
image will be visible from the viewer point of view, while the dark
ones will just reflect as a traditional mirror.
Ideally the display
should cover the whole area of the mirror, so that it will be possible
to cover it all with overlaid information. This can became clearly very
expensive, so another solution is to limit the "smartness" of our mirror
to one area only, using the smaller screen of a tablet or
a smartphone, for example.




FRAME
Depending on the size of the mirror and the place where it will be
placed, we might want to add a frame around it, in order to cover
the screen on the back, but most importantly to shield the rear
from light.
As it's easy to imagine, once the device is installed it won't be
possible to interact with it using the touch screen. It will be good to
consider then an easy way to remove it from the mirror, in case we
will need to access some of the device settings later. In our
projects we attached the devices to a panel in the back of the
frame which could be easily removed.
Remember that the device will be always-on, so consider a hole in
order to allow a stable power connection.





COMPLETELY COVER THE BACK
As mentioned before, in order for the two-way mirror to reflect
properly, it is important for the rear side to be as dark as possible.
Shielding the rear section of the mirror from the light is especially
important in order to hide the device and all the cables, as well as
to guarantee the best reflection to the front.


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uU-DghLiQXg/V4yR6XQJ-jI/AAAAAAAAFKw/pW8S5U15oXw/P_20160207_121408.jpg

CONTROLLING THE MIRROR


Now before installing the smartphone on the mirror, you'll need an app
to remotely control the device. You'll need to install TeamViewer on the
phone and also on another smartphone which will act as a remote.
Basically, the user-interface of this
remotely control android application is cool and all you would need
is the password and user-id of the other Android device in order to
again complete access with this application..




SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE MIRROR
Since we're using a smart phone for this
1. Remove Lock Screen From The Device Totally
2. Increase the time your smartphone screen stays on..
3 increase brightness to maximum
4. Plug in Device Before Use



Here are some practical applications




Our friends from Novoda Did This

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XroVahh2spA/V4ySAuwtaJI/AAAAAAAAFK0/1EawqWB_2Oc/IMG_0516_crop.jpg

DROIDCON BERLIN
In Droidcon Berlin they presented a variation of their smart mirror
configured like in a typical domestic environment, displaying useful
information like the weather forecast or the agenda for the day. On
top of this they added a minimal Twitter client which displayed real
time tweets containing a given hashtag related to the conference.
The app they created was running on an Android tablet placed in the
the lower left corner, in order to not cover the reflected image with
the displayed information.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qH5W3lDi9Ik/V4ySDeuSKII/AAAAAAAAFK4/IXQ1EXTHI1o/makerfest_collage-2.jpg



MAKEFEST

For Liverpool MakeFest they considered the expected audience,
mainly composed by families with young children. With that in
mind they created a more interactive configuration: They used face
recognition to detect when someone was looking at the mirror and
displayed different animations and smiling images depending on
the happiness of the person in front of it.



For this mirror they used a different Android tablet placed at the center of the frame, in order
to display the looking eyes and the other animations in the middle
of the mirror.


I guess we're done here.. Have questions. Use the comment box..
Soon I'll Drop a video on this..

Try virtua tennis

My Advice to anyone viewing this thread.. Do not download Pokémon go until it's legally available in Nigeria. I'm a Tech Blogger and I must say to the OP, I am quite disappointed. You didn't even remember to tell people that most of the versions of the game that's not available on Playstore are filled with Malware And viruses that are used by hackers. Recently, the HummingBad virus has been hitting android devices. The virus continously shows pop up adverts on Android devices and earn money for one hacking group based in China and most versions of the game are infected with this . The HummingBad virus currently has no permanent solution apart from flashing the firmware of the phone again...
You're too concerned about getting traffic to your site without putting safety of users first. This is very disappointing.

easrael:
Sell your Ebook and go

Thanks

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Good afternoon guys.. I discovered a way to create amazing logos from my phone.. It's a bit complicated that's why I decided to write an ebook on it for those who want to learn. I make thousands monthly by just creating logos straight from my phone. If you're interested contact me naijatechguy@gmail.com or on whatsapp 08134375481 . The Ebook Costs N500

I'm pretty sure you guys might have come across my website here on nairaland. ( NaijaTechGuy .com)
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You can view some of my logos here

https://www.nairaland.com/3136945/check-out-amazing-logos-created#46126318


I'll also upload some below

omartins:
Thanks, free up to 611 MB. Cache is up to 1.7 GB. Very useful topic.

uwc

babayega:
OP, Jah bless you! I just deleted 2 items in that folder. Both were above 2.2gb each. 4.5gb freed o. Praise da lord!!!!

uwc

babayega:
Soon ke? I Don reach since

kingDELE:
Op, thank u. Make I go find d rubbish....

I do c dis folder through xender but I dnt knw hw to access through file manager.... .

uwc

pendusky:
check it again it's there...

i never said that the Folder won't come up again. Deleting the already existing thumbnails frees up space.. What I mean is to delete the Folder once in a while to save space

pendusky:
Funny Op, that doesn't free up your space, that folder is called "Thumbnail" It will create another one once you delete it. Thumbnail give you a small view of what the video or pics looks like.

The best way to free your memory space is to move your installed app to SD card. and Most times clearing cache will help as well .

Goto Settings>App>Downloaded>Any app that is bigger in size will show first if you can see "Move To SD card" It explains your app is running on internal memory. Moving it to SD card can free up some space.


You can also Uninstall "Carry come" games you dont like because it's on internal memory.

very funny but it frees up memory. If I didn't test it I won't post it here..

bewla:
What will be my gain

Drop your mail.. I'll send you an invite Ticket to the CyberXchange 2016 Conference At Lekki, Lagos

Cool post

Source http://www.naijatechguy.com/2016/07/the-folder-that-may-be-secretly-using.html

Recently my phone started giving me alerts about low storage.. I had to uninstall one of my favorite games (Asphalt and left only FIFA 14. I must say it really hurt me removing the game but I had no other option. After some days the low on space error came up again. I decided to go through all the hidden folders on my phone. Every file Manager has an option to show hidden files but if yours doesn't. Download ES file Explorer.


The folder that takes up space on your phone is probably the .thumbnails folder. Let me explain why the folder takes space. Whenever you watch a video on your phone, the phone converts each clip of the video to tiny image thumbnails as its playing,as time goes on the clips accumulate to a very huge size. Imagine playing a 2 hour video and each clip is converted to tiny thumbnails. Even clips from deleted videos still remain in the folder. When I deleted the folder, 1.5gb of space was freed up. The folder can be found in the DCIM folder

meshachdbuzz:
andriod is rushing dere version it will soon get to z and lets see what dey will call it after dat

them go change to alphanumeric nah

suyamasta:
The next version should be Alewa since na based on sweet things

I'll bet it's going to be Android Orange

Abayor7:
how do I upgrade too? am currently using 5.1

Use OTA update or use a custom rom

dhsfbi:
Copied and pasted directly from theverge.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/30/12067774/android-n-is-now-android-nougat

Or you probably need Glasses

dhsfbi:
Copied and pasted directly from theverge.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/30/12067774/android-n-is-now-android-nougat

i guess you didn't notice that the verge got their info from Snapchat

Tocheagle:
Oya let's go . I still dey enjoy my kitkat sha

Upgrade Nah

Google announced on Instagram today that Android N, the latest
version of version of Android (7.0), will now go by Android Nougat. The announcement comes after the company said at I/O last month
that users could submit suggestions for the name online.


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9H5e-6VUxV8/V3WKrHset1I/AAAAAAAAE_g/7swQS055syU/1467320945000.jpg

Nougat is the latest version of Android. The release of this version was initially announced around March and
currently on its second beta, has new
features like an improved notification shade and split-screen
multitasking to the mobile OS, while also improving on features like is
Doze that came with Marshmallow last year.

However some developers claim that the version has some bugs in the camera. As it Appears, Google disappointed many people who thought the version would be named Nutella.

The release also has Daydream, Google's new VR platform.

Check out Google's tweet on their @Android handle

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Introducing #AndroidNougat . Thank you, world, for all
your sweet name ideas! #AndroidNReveal
pic.twitter.com/7lIfDBwyBE


http://www.naijatechguy.com/2016/06/android-n-is-officially-named-android.html

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