Wednesday, November 5, 2008 8:58:26 PM
it won't have to be cleaned, because it`s designed to register the location of your hand as it gets CLOSE to the mirror. it`s not actually a "touch screen". there are sensors around the edges of it that "see" where your hand is. The image is projected onto the mirror from the back (it`s a two-way mirror) and speciall software meshes the projection and your movements. This thing is expensive, but not millions. one news website reports it at a cost of $25,000 US. which is funny, really, because it`s basically ALL fairly cheap pre-existing tech (two-way mirror, decent projector, and a computer with a good graphics card) except for the software that they created to combine the tech together. for the moment, the main use of this thing will be in designer clothing stores, or as an advertising gimmick for expensive show-case items (nissan used three of them during a recent car show). This won`t be in a bathroom any time soon, because projectors require a certain amoun