#HTE

This year at CES we got to see wacky ideas about the Internet of Things, like Samsung’s new refrigerator with a gigantic touchscreen, so there’s a lot to be desired in the wild new era of smart-objects. That’s why this elegant mirror from Google software engineer Max Braun is so exciting — it looks like something you’d actually want in your home right now.

Braun posted the results of his project on Medium, and the photos look almost unreal. It shares the same information you can glance at on an Android phone — the weather, the time, and a glance at the top headlines — but somehow it makes even more sense on a bathroom mirror. It’s the kind of sleek near-future sci-fi of Ex Machina and Gorilla Glass concept videos, where every…

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