NY Times' Kinect-Assisted Mirror Delivers News, Coupons and Fashion Tips As You Brush Your Teeth

Sweet, now I can browse PopSci while I brush my teeth! :D

I remember back in the Playstation 2 era it was nearing my older brother's birthday. My mom wound up buying him an 'eyetoy.' I guess it was the model building up to the kinect, but I had no idea of its potential at that time. But it seems to be doing all kinds of neat stuff now!

I don't think I would use all that information in my bathroom though. I like the kitchen table version better.

What's next? WebCam in the shower?

DOES THAT MAN REALIZE THERE IS A PERSON BEHIND HIM WITH A DANGEROUS LOOKING SPOON! RUN MAN! RUN! YOU ABOUT TO BE .... oh, never mind... it’s just his wife with the toilet plunger... Seems modern technology can't fix everything...

How did I see a plunger as being a spoon, speaking to myself and typing... I need to find my glasses.. oye!

... and why is a spoon dangerous.. i do not know... lol.

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It gives coupon and fashion tips? Does it FLY?!?!

@jcbullen, SIR you my HERO of the moment!! That cartoon is awesome! Kudos!

@jcbullen
what is that?
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*growls*If you troll or flare I WILL MAUL YOU!*growls*

It is Captain Picard with his head in his hand.

@bubbagumb

http://ohinternet.com/Facepalm

C'mon guys, it's the Picard Facepalm! Search it an you'll find a ton of 'em.

This could allow all of our Bathroom guests to know how much we love them! What better way then to display Bubba's great Popsci comments!

stay So that harass with you ads! public that imagine relevant, constantly restrooms I

STISRIPRTCHYWA

@JohnSTClair: Will you marry me?

I found a site where you can get coupons for restaurant called "Printapon" they are on all over the news, search online

It reminds me of the movie the 6th day which had a somewhat similar system.
Here, starting at 4:34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCHhEGIWP9U&feature=related

@alain
that is EXACTLY what my first thought was!

@BubbaGumb. If it is touchscreen, would you want to touch something that countless other people touched while they were in the bathroom?

I wonder if other readers found this article interesting and wanted to comment their own amusing thoughts but were afraid to be bullied.

How far and wide are the avenues of the mind? It’s interesting we humans are allowed to think, dream and perceive in so many directions. I adore this aspect of being human.

One man’s wheel is another man donut. Is it wrong to suddenly speak of donuts? I love the chocolate ones with little sprinkles on top... mmm, so yummy!

@Hawk-Fan336, I agree with you completely. Can you imagine the issue of cross contanimation and the sharing of bacteria...ew!

For some reason bubba reminds me of Stinky from Abbott and Costello.

@bubbagump

The mirror is a kinect interface, meaning it uses the motion sensing cameras of the kinet for input. The icons are most likely for reference points when gesturing to open an app, and not touchscreen.

Great, now it will be even easier for my teens to take their 'I love me, don't I look cool' self pictures for their social media sharing. :)

I saw something like this in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Mathematics
"...Deus Ex: Human Revolution is an action role-playing game developed by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix. It is the third game in the Deus Ex series, and a prequel to the original game released in 2000.[9]..."

An interesting and kinda expensive game.

Now imagine a version of this game, combine with this mirror, then in its monitors being display to you, you do some kind of reflective game role playing conversation and participation in the game.

Quote from AstroBoy : "I like BubbaGump. I hope he\she comments a log time. His\her comments are odd or funny sometimes too."

I guess we're stuck with both since you're one and the same. (Your grammar and spelling gives you away, Bubba)

May I have your attention please?
May I have your attention please?
Will the real BUBBA please stand up?
I repeat, will the real BUBBA please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here..

Y'all act like you never seen a Troll before
Jaws all on the floor like MACMANSA just burst in the door
and started whoopin a** worse than before...
It's the return of the... "Ah, wait, no way, you're kidding,
he didn't just say what I think he did, did he?"
And DRCHUCK1 said... nothing you idiots!
DRCHUCK1's dead, he's locked in my basement! (Ha-ha!)
Feminist men love BUBBAGUMP
[*vocal turntable: chigga chigga chigga*]
"BUBBA, I'm sick of him
Look at him, walkin around grabbin his you-know-what
Flippin the you-know-who," "Yeah, but he's so cute though!"
Yeah, I probably got a couple of screws up in my head loose
But no worse, than what's goin on in your parents' bedrooms
Sometimes, I wanna get on TV and just let loose, but can't
but it's cool for JOHNSTCLAIR to Abduct a dead moose
"My probe is on your lips, my probe is on your lips"
And if I'm lucky, you might just give my probe a diagram
And that's the message that we deliver to little kids on the news And expect them not to know what a woman's Bubba is
Of course they gonna know what UFO encounter's is
By the time they hit fourth grade
They got the History Channel don't they?
"We ain't nothing but abductees.." Well, some of us Aliens
who cut other people open like cattle [SLURP]
But if we can probe dead animals and cows
then there's no reason that a Bubba and another Bubba can't Troll [*EWWW!*] But if you feel like I feel, I got the antidote
Aliens wear your whiterobes, sing the chorus JOHNSTCLAIR and here is how it goes!

As where some of your comments bubba, Plus I was not being insulting of anyone. Every name I put on there,... when compared to the user makes sense, it is actually kind of comedic. Plus I am on topic on the matter of who the Real Bubba is? That seems to be the only real topic on PopSci comments now a days anyways(BubbaGump). Is he a Troll or just a very self centered individual with blatant disregard for what others perceive of him. Even if he does have a good point (1/10) his other points and off topic comments are so numerous they by far outnumber his good one.(or as you would pretend he/She) You encouraging him/yourself is by far the last thing we need on here. I believe freedom of speech is forfeit when it is causing "disturbances" to others(Check the USA Penal code!). The fact that I am the 3rd account to mimic him in attempts at ridicule nearly proves he is not as you believe, regardless of how delusional you are with him/yourself. As for me I am off topic but hey if your lovely BubbaGump gets to do as he pleases as do I,... BTW YOU'RE ALSO way OFF TOPIC NOW!

I have figured it out!

BubbaGump is a bot! And a damn good one by that, pretty much good enough to pass the Turing test.

Anyway, I could go for a Kinect mirror as long as it will be reliable and not subject to moisture damage - I honestly did not read this article as I was just hunting around for Bubbas spam.

Now that the problem has been solved, the bot may be disarmed.

now that bubbanuts has ruined the comments section for everyone (except bubbanut lovers eeww!), everyone should attack him until the comments section is shut down or he is removed

@bubba_gump_Gun....That was awsome!

@Better 2011, it was funny because it's a remix of an eminem song.

But when you are good you have followers and haters. Bubba had his account deleted, because he was good at out arguing people, he commented on every article and some people agreed and some didn’t….but small minded people probably complained. If his account was deleted, then surey other accounts deserve to be deleted *cough DrCHuck*….but hey, that’s the world we live in, small minded sheep, need to be herded.

@Aldrons: Bubba, Better2011, and AstroBoy. One and the same and all deleted.

why the censorship?

why oh why did he get deleted!?!?!? i will honestly miss his presence. a humble person with a creative mind. BubbaGump i salute you.

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The people of the world only divide into two kinds, One sort with brains who hold no religion, The other with religion and no brain.

- Abu-al-Ala al-Marri

Ive been reading pop sci every day for one year. I never really commented much because the registration process is lame, and the spam filter would often mark my legitimate on topic comments as spam. I cant keep my mouth shut any longer.

Lay off Bubba. He is a loyal reader, and an active part of the popsci community. His comments are not that bad at all. Sometimes off topic but for the most part its just a clean, up-beat, passive comment.

The fact that he is supposedly deleted PISSES me the off. WTF made that call? Just because a couple of morons are opposed to someone in the community he gets his account deleted!

To hell with this bull shit. Ima bout ready to pull in all the content via wget so popsci doesn't get my ad impression!

Popsci: quit with the censorship of valued community members
Everyone else: Lay off bubba and let him be

Seems like it does an awful lot of unnecessary stuff. Why not just offer me the weather? thats all I'd really need to know as I'm getting ready in the morning. Actually maybe also the local traffic