A Smart Mirror System Using Raspberry Pi and Iot Platform

Abstract

On comparing with various other research papers on smart mirror systems, it was inherent to implement advanced functionalities and were developed for specific functions such as monitoring a baby, theft detection, face recognition or implementation of smart mirror as a personal assistant. While some did have the basic functionalities like displaying time, weather, news, calendar; they didn’t have some of the advanced but fundamental features to be able to call the mirror “smart” such as connecting with an android device to display notifications or a smart voice assistant integration. Some systems [1] mention a smart assistant however there is no presence of an actual assistant such as google assistant or Alexa. The smart mirror demonstrated here implements all the basic functionalities such as displaying time, live weather updates, calendar, latest news and some advanced functionalities such as displaying phone notifications, voice assistant integration and motion sensor activated on/off. On top of this, the mirror also provides a framework for adding additional features such as strava integration, reddit integration, google calendars, gmail, display what music you’re currently listening to, Displays current stock prices of companies, etc. The possibilities for expansion are endless using the framework provided here.