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New mirrors reflect text the right way round
techdigest.tv - 2/25/2009
New mirrors reflect text the right way round
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Mathematician Andrew Hicks is clever. So clever, in fact, that he's managed to work out how to get a mirror to display text that displays the correct way around, as in the picture above. Mightily impressive, no? He's also done some other faintly magical stuff with mirrors, including a wing ...

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OhGizmo!:  Mathematician Andrew Hicks Knows His Mirrors

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Mathematician Andrew Hicks Knows His Mirrors
OhGizmo! — ... actually developed for a stair climbing robot at the University of Pennsylvania which uses a camera pointed at a mirror to see where it’s going, and the lack of distortion in the image makes navigating a set of stairs considerably easier. Head on over to the NewScientist gallery for a few more great examples of Andrew’s work. (It must be something common with the name.) [ NewScientist - Reflecting on a new generation of mirrors ] VIA [ Tech Digest ] ...

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Andrew Hicks is a mathematician. And he uses those math skills, coupled with a little computer algorithm assistance, to create mirrors that do things like reflect text without turning the writing backwards. His mirrors can reflect wider angles, capture 360-degree panoramas without distortion ...