A Raspberry Pi doesn't have built in memory, so you're going to have to fix that if you're making a smart mirror. The software you're loading onto it has to live somewhere.

Any Raspberry Pi will work, although [Nathan] uses a Pi B+. Although he managed to score a free one-way mirror from a local glass shop, you can buy one for about $13.

If not, you can install it and turn it on by opening up Terminal on your Raspberry Pi and typing in a few commands: Type in sudo apt-get update and press Enter.

It takes a two way mirror, stuffs a monitor behind it, and then powers the whole thing with a Raspberry Pi running in Chromium’s kiosk mode.

You can easily upgrade various features and tech in your bedroom by using Raspberry Pi, if you have the coding know-how. Here ...