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- The0, on 08/07/2008, -3/+366That's odd, in my history classes about medieval times I don't ever remember reading about:
a) tiny cameras that gather light and shape data, send it to computers that process it, and use hundreds of tiny electric motors to shift wood blocks into the image in front of the device,
or
b) the reflective properties of wood.
But hey, maybe my books are outdated. - taketheleap, on 08/07/2008, -3/+114ok, medieval times = no, thats just stupid: read the article before you post it. it's done with cameras and computers. I doubt Charlemagne had a computer...
But nonetheless, this is pretty effin cool. - cyberdash, on 08/08/2008, -4/+81I wood buy one.
- Kyan, on 08/07/2008, -35/+97Stupid. And nothing to do with the middle ages.
- juliohm, on 08/07/2008, -3/+60It's just a crappy monitor!
- Asvetic, on 08/08/2008, -1/+36I love it when the first comment is the most profound. It gives me that succinct feeling.
- samard2002, on 08/08/2008, -4/+34This is bar none the stupidest headline I have ever seen on Digg. Does the poster really believe they had wooden mirrors in Medieval Times? I am laughing too hard to type right now.
At least it beats the prehistoric times, when they had mirrors made out of rocks and animal bones. - teh_techie, on 08/08/2008, -3/+25Gee, you're a chip off the ole' block!
- unAntimatter, on 08/08/2008, -1/+20Stupid? I'd say it took quite a bit of intelligence to properly calibrate the blocks to actually mimic what the camera senses...
Humdrum, maybe, but stupid this is not. - Cerebron, on 08/08/2008, -0/+17Looks like something from Myst.
- teh_techie, on 08/08/2008, -1/+16With all these jokes, you'll never get board!
Try and come up with a few more... I'm stumped! - psion01, on 08/08/2008, -1/+16No ... this is just a reflection of that article.
- T440, on 08/08/2008, -4/+18Wow, all of these clever jokes about wood must make you guys poplar with the ladies.
- dvsbastard, on 08/08/2008, -2/+15Does anyone have a working mirror?!
/double enterndre - inactive, on 08/08/2008, -0/+12Medieval times? What an idiot. Everyone knows these are Amish mirrors.
- zip000, on 08/08/2008, -0/+12I think that it is awfully neat, but I agree it has nothing to do with the middle ages.
- rz8472, on 08/08/2008, -0/+12I want my soul back!
- T440, on 08/08/2008, -0/+11You two must have teretts.....wait...what the hell?
- ObeseSnake, on 08/07/2008, -1/+12Yeah weird Medieval Times reference. I wasn't sure if the poster thought since wood was involved or if maybe it had to do with the dinner theater place where the wenches serve food.
Either way...Wired magazine had an article on this art project years ago. - Pushkin, on 08/08/2008, -1/+10Yew are?
- MattFromSeattle, on 08/07/2008, -9/+18Isn't this a dupe? I swear I saw this article last year?
- KingGorilla, on 08/08/2008, -1/+10I'm sure the ladies just pine over you!
- theysayjump, on 08/08/2008, -4/+12Here's a mirror just in case (not a RickRoll): http://tinyurl.com/2q575e
- dvsbastard, on 08/08/2008, -0/+8It double "entendre" you idiot...
/schizophrenia - AdamWest2122, on 08/08/2008, -0/+8Whoever voted you down obviously didn't do so well on Myst island, thank you for perfectly reflecting my thoughts when I looked at it.
- SiXiam, on 08/08/2008, -1/+8Advanced technology does resemble magic...
- psyckboy, on 08/08/2008, -0/+7In action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-G54kVrhbE
- cl2yp71c, on 08/08/2008, -0/+6I can just imagine using it for shaving.
"someone.....call 911" - snareguy17, on 08/08/2008, -0/+6Am I the only person who jumped at the end when the sound went crazy for a split second?
- joshcxa, on 08/08/2008, -2/+8ARG vid scared me at the end...it was loud :(
Awesome mirror btw - Myztry, on 08/08/2008, -0/+6If it was the style, it would be greek or roman mosaic.
Wood on the other hand, isn't just a medival material.
We had the stone, bronze, iron, etc ages but the wood age???
Rumor has it that it's still in common use to this very day. - ivan423, on 08/08/2008, -5/+11I am sure the Medieval Times reference was only a joke by the submitter. Joke or not, it still is a cool submission.
- soulkitchen, on 08/08/2008, -0/+6I tree what you did there.
- wonderbriefs, on 08/08/2008, -0/+5I don't know if I found it on digg but this has been around for a couple years.
- emt1451, on 08/08/2008, -1/+6*You're
- Myztry, on 08/08/2008, -0/+5Anyone else spot the dead pixels. I'd be asking for a refund....
- IG64, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4Looks like that big face thing from the last Matrix
- Kenzan, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4Kenzan sees what you did there.
- WesleyD, on 08/08/2008, -1/+5HAR HAR HAR!
- selmer, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4this is so cool I got a woody
- conan359, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3Maybe they meant Medieval Times like the themed restaurant.
see www.medievaltimes.com - HiroOfShadows, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3Good god I remember that.
*****'s worse than Wii Music. - MattDell, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3And what are witches made out of?
- MtheoryX, on 08/08/2008, -1/+4Where the ***** did that comment come from?
Wow, what a douche. - HiroOfShadows, on 08/08/2008, -7/+10That has got to be the coolest thing ever.
- PokerGigolo, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3You're a perfect example of what electronic media has done to our youth. The iPhones, electric cars, and mars rovers are all marketed to you by large corporations - yes, NASA is indeed a large corporation with a huge marketing and public relations staff - because they're going to need your money at some point, whether it's in the form of direct sales dollars, or tax dollars.
You grew up on it, it's not your fault, but you've been trained to not be able to measure on your own the relative coolness of a given object. You just don't know how. You need a corporation to tell you, and if it's not coming from someone that wants your money, it can't possibly be cool.
Don't get me wrong, there's nothing inherently wrong with you, you just need to recognize that your coolness scale has been cleverly defined for you while still making you feel like a rebel. You've been well played. - feliks2, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3Charlemagne WAS a computer. And, by the way, stylistically this has nothing to do with medieval times either.
- Murdats, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3exactly, I was thinking this is just some screen someone has made out of wood.
impressive but not a mirror. - bobbknight, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3Calling a computerized motor driven video mosaic monitor a mirror is just not correct.
- virtualonliner, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3Man, that is one lousy mirror. ***** thing isn't even clear!
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