He took apart laptops, troubleshooted the Windows operating system, fixed programs like Microsoft Outlook, and removed viruses from customers' laptops. Josh worked for Microsoft for several years, specializing in computer repair of both hardware and software. Josh also built and maintained PCs and servers for IDM, and was responsible for maintaining local and offline backups for the company. His years of project management experience included a focus on Linux and macOS applications and troubleshooting, giving him intimate professional knowledge of all three major desktop operating systems. Josh Hendrickson was the Editor-in-Chief of Review Geek and a former How-To Geek Staff Writer with over a decade of experience.īefore writing for How-To Geek, Josh did project management, quality assurance testing, and sysadmin work at IDM Computer Solutions, which makes the popular UltraEdit text editor. Add the module to the mirror configuration.To install most modules, you'll go through some basic steps: If you want the most straightforward setup, we recommend adding the Google AIY kit and using its specific tutorial. While a few Magic Mirror modules for Google Assistant exist, our investigation revealed the modules to be problematic, often crashing or covering the mirror information. If you would prefer to install Google Assistant, Google offers a complete tutorial for installing Assistant on a Raspberry Pi, including steps, images, and download links. We recommend mmm-awesome-alexa as it appears to be well maintained by an active developer, although there are other Alexa modules for the Magic Mirror software.

The options vary from the useful, like Alexa or presence detection (through a camera or Passive Infrared sensor), to the entertaining, like snowflakes and Spotify playback info. Visit your local store for the widest range of building & hardware products.Other developers create these modules. Here are a few links to get you started Suntuf 900 x 600 x 5mm Clear Acrylic Sheetįind Suntuf 900 x 600 x 5mm Clear Acrylic Sheet at Bunnings Warehouse. It’s still not as good as the real thing but for the difference in cost it suits me until I can afford to upgrade. I still have a few bubbles in it however for the most part its ok and does not affect the function of the mirror. The woodwork was straightforward and I just screwed and glued everything.Īpplying the reflective film to the acrylic without getting bubbles was what I stressed most about so I did quite a bit of research, mostly YouTube, on how to stick it down. I’m certain you can get them cheaper elsewhere however I was working to a time frame and wanted to reduce my shopping time. I used Bunnings here in Sydney to source most of my materials.

The view in the image is based on a layout card but there are still some things to add to it I know you only asked about the mirror but I’ve shared the other materials in case it inspires others to have a go at this.

I’ve fitted a PI Zero W which does work ok but it is sooo slow that I’ll probably go back to the PI 3B+ at some stage. The quote for the 2 way mirror glass just about gave me a heart attack so I’ve gone cheap and used clear acrylic with reflective film on it until I can save for the real thing. The design is based on another bathroom cabinet I saw somewhere however was made a lot larger (mirror 600mm x 900mm) to fit an old HDMI monitor I had lying around. We have been working to a tight budget so I decided to make it myself to try and save some money. Thanks for the many hours you invest to bring us this great product.Īnyway, I have been doing bathroom (ensuite) renovations at home for a month or so and liked the idea of a Magic Mirror for the new bathroom however decided to take advantage of the Home Assistant automation that I’ve started to implement. However in this case as a thanks to all the Home Assistant developers I’d like to draw attention to the awesome work that they do to make things so easy for us punters to put together a project that the average person thinks is high tech and makes us look like we’re smarter than we really are. I don’t often highlight what I do as there are so many awesome projects out there with really smart people behind them that I feel it puts me to shame.

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