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The Hands-Free Smart Mirror Company

Your mirror. Your studio. Hands free.

Trigger a capture with a countdown, a thumbs-up or a swipe across the glass. What you see is a mirror. What you get is a studio.

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0cloud servers
MIT · CERN-OHLopen source, software and hardware
$10–25Lite base kit

01Three ways to take the shot

Countdown

Tap the glass, step back and hold the pose. Three seconds later the mirror takes the shot.

Thumbs-up

The camera recognizes a thumbs-up and fires the shot. No touch, no timer, no running back.

Swipe

A swipe across the glass, or along the strip on a Lite, takes the picture. One gesture replaces every button.

How it works

From gesture to photo, in the room.

A gesture becomes a shutter press on your own phone. Every step happens in the room.

  1. Step 1

    One gesture, no buttons.

    Start a countdown, swipe across the glass or give a thumbs-up. One gesture replaces every button.

  2. Step 2

    Recognized on the device.

    Gesture recognition runs on the ESP32 in the frame or on your own phone, never remotely.

  3. Step 3

    Over Bluetooth, in the room.

    The trigger becomes a shutter key press, sent over Bluetooth HID: the same protocol a keyboard uses.

  4. Step 4

    Into your own library.

    Your phone's own camera takes the picture, straight into its own library. Nothing leaves the room.

02The interface

A canvas laid over your own reflection.

Nothing on the glass but your photos and videos. Drag them anywhere, pinch them to any size, fade them into the live reflection with three fingers. Touch the edge and your folders slide in. This demo is the mirror's interface. Try it.

Drag Pinch to resize Three fingers to fade Right edge for folders Double-tap to dismiss

Turn on your camera and the glass becomes a real mirror. The feed stays in this browser; each capture downloads straight to your device and nothing is uploaded.

Tap a photo first to take control of the glass.

Keyboard and mouse
Ctrl + scroll
Resize the card under the pointer
Shift + scroll
Fade it into the reflection
Double-click
Dismiss a card
← ↑ → ↓
Move the focused card. Hold Shift for larger steps
Shift + ↑ / ↓
Fade the focused card in or out
+ / −
Grow or shrink the focused card
Delete
Dismiss the focused card
Enter on the edge
Open the folders
Esc
Close a folder

03Products

Three editions. One conviction.

A kit that turns your phone into the mirror, an integrated Flagship, and a Full mirror made to the measurements of your room.

In development · engineering prototype shown

Flagship

The integrated mirror: capture, display and computation built in. A transparent display behind two-way glass that reads as a normal mirror until the interface is summoned.

$80–150estimated component cost, USD
  1. Approach
  2. Trigger
  3. Sent over Bluetooth
  4. On your phone
Compute
Embedded single-board computer (SBC), Raspberry Pi class
Capture
HD camera module hidden behind the glass
Surface
Transparent display · two-way glass · antifog layer
Triggers
Touch countdown · thumbs-up gesture · swipe on glass
Delivery
To your phone over Bluetooth · a temporary QR code as the alternative · nothing leaves the room
Best for
Events, salons, shared spaces, power users

Kits and assembled units · available now

Lite

Your phone in a frame. Lift the top-loading hatch, drop your phone into the motorized cradle and close it. Turn the knob or let the AI centre the camera, then swipe the strip. Every image is born on your device.

$10–25estimated component cost, USD · base kit
  1. Drop the phone in
  2. Knob or auto-centre
  3. Swipe
  4. Done
Compute
Your phone (bring your own device, BYOD), plus an ESP32 microcontroller
Capture
Your phone's back camera, facing the glass from the motorized cradle behind the top-loading hatch
Framing
A stepper on a lead screw sets the height and a gearmotor sets the tilt. Turn the knob or let the AI centre the camera
Trigger
Swipe the six-pad capacitive strip: the ESP32 sends your phone its shutter key over Bluetooth HID (human interface device), and the native camera fires on iOS and Android
Delivery
None needed. The photo never exists anywhere but your phone
Best for
Personal use, budget buyers, DIY kits

Made to order · measured to your wall

Full

A bathroom mirror built around the Flagship hardware and cut to your measurements. Every feature built in and nothing on show: the transparent display, the hidden camera, antifog, the LED edge. Choose the size, shape, edge and glass, send us the wall, and the finished piece arrives looking like it was always part of the room.

QuotedMade to order. Quote within two business days.
Size
cm, width by height
Glass
Coating

120 × 80 cm · rounded · rimless polished · LED warm · anti-reflective · preview

Request a quote

Made to order. Quote within two business days. The render is a preview.

Sizes
40 to 220 cm wide, 40 to 160 cm tall, 28 mm deep · rectangle, rounded, pill, arch or round
Glass
Low-iron two-way glass · optional anti-reflective coating · optional gentle curve
Edge
Rimless hand-polished edge, or a metal rim in silver, black or brass
Light
Dimmable LED edge behind the glass, warm or cool, with a wash on the wall
Inside
Everything from the Flagship: transparent display, computer, hidden camera, antifog heater, Bluetooth
Install
Hardwired, on the wall or recessed into it, no visible cables · we work from your measurements and a photo
Open
Drag to turn · pinch or Ctrl + scroll to open it up

Full mirror

Request a quote

120 × 80 cm · rounded · rimless polished · LED warm · anti-reflective

Quote within two business days. We confirm every option can be made for your wall with the quote; if one cannot, we say so and suggest the nearest.

Compare

Side by side.

EditionLite: bring your phoneFlagship: integratedFull: made to measure
AvailabilityKits and assembled units, nowIn development, engineering prototypeMade to order, quotes open
Core componentsESP32 microcontroller, six-pad capacitive strip, motorized phone cradle (stepper and tilt gearmotor), two-way glassSBC (Raspberry Pi class), HD camera, transparent display, two-way glass, antifog layerThe Flagship hardware inside a 28 mm mirror body: computer, transparent display, hidden camera, antifog, LED edge driver
Est. component cost$10 to $25 USD, base kit$80 to $150 USDQuoted by size and options
Capture triggerSwipe the strip: your phone's shutter key over BluetoothTouch countdown, thumbs-up gesture, swipe on glassTouch countdown, thumbs-up gesture, swipe on glass
CameraYour phone's back camera behind the glass; angle set by the knob or centred by the AIBuilt-in HD module behind the glassBuilt-in HD module, at the top edge or hidden at eye height
Photo deliverySaved straight to your phone, no transfer at allTo your phone over Bluetooth; a temporary QR code as an optionTo your phone over Bluetooth; a temporary QR code as an option
InterfaceYour phone's own camera app; companion app optionalThe free-canvas interface on the glassThe free-canvas interface, scaled to the glass
SizesOne frame, sized for your phoneWall: a 24 mm panel · Studio: the panel on a gas-sprung arm with a base40 to 220 cm wide, 40 to 160 cm tall, 28 mm deep
Lead timeIn stockOn the roadmapQuote within two business days; built to order after measurement
InstallationNone: stand it on a shelf or hang itWall: hang it · Studio: place itMeasured to your wall; mounted on it or recessed into it, hardwired
Glass optionsTwo-way glassTwo-way glass, antifogLow-iron two-way glass, anti-reflective coating, gentle curve
Edge lightingNoneNoneLED edge, warm or cool, dimmable
OptionsFrame onlyFrame onlySize, shape, rim, corners, LED, coating, camera position, mount
ConnectivityBluetooth HID to your phone, an open standardBluetooth to your phone · a local hotspot for the QR codeBluetooth to your phone · a local hotspot for the QR code · hardwired to the wall
Best forPersonal use, budget buyers, DIY kitsEvents, salons, shared spaces, power usersBathrooms, dressing rooms, salons: anywhere the mirror is part of the room

04Privacy

Nothing leaves the room.

Imagery taken in front of a mirror is the most intimate imagery there is. Synsco's answer is architectural: no cloud exists anywhere in either pipeline. Privacy is not a feature. It is the architecture.

Flagship: straight to your phone

Each capture is sent to your phone over Bluetooth the moment it is taken. Prefer to scan? The mirror can show a temporary QR code served over its own local hotspot. Either way the image only ever travels across the room.

No cloud infrastructure exists anywhere in the pipeline. Nothing leaves the room unless you send it.

Lite: born on your phone

The photo is captured directly onto your own phone by your own camera app. There is zero file transfer, zero local network and zero storage anywhere outside your device.

The image is born on your phone and never exists anywhere else. The safest thing happens to every photo: it stays with its owner.

0cloud servers
0uploads, ever
0accounts required
1Bluetooth hop, across the room

Synsco ID is optional and never stores imagery. What Synsco ID keeps, and how to delete it

05Organizer

Capture is half the product.

The other half is what happens to hundreds of photos and clips. The mirror files them into folders on its own, and everything it does can be redone by hand.

Automatic folders

A sequence of makeup shots becomes a look. A weekly fitness photo joins its progress timeline. An outfit shot files into the lookbook.

Comparison views

Two captures, or a capture and the live reflection, side by side or overlaid with transparency. Change over weeks, visible in seconds.

Manual, one drag away

Pull a photo out of one folder and drop it into another, exactly as you would move it around the glass.

On-device processing

All Flagship AI runs on the mirror. No imagery is uploaded for analysis. On a Lite, organizing lives in the optional companion app on your own phone.

06Use cases

Where the mirror already is.

Makeup, fitness and style all happen in front of the glass. Synsco captures them there, and its overlay comparison shows progress the way no phone can.

Makeup artistry

Record a full application hands-free, save each finished look, and rebuild any prior look with the reference floating translucently over the live reflection.

Fitness and physique progress

Weekly captures from the same angle in the same light. Overlay any prior week: a motivating, private progress archive. Try the twelve-week timelapse below.

Outfits and style

Capture every outfit in seconds, swipe through the lookbook while getting dressed, and compare options side by side on the glass.

Events and shared spaces

A natural photo point at parties and pop-ups: guests trigger a shot and scan a code on the glass to take it with them. No pairing, no attendant, no cloud, no data retention.

Overlay comparison

Twelve weeks, overlaid. Try it.

WEEK 1 GHOST · WEEK 1
Week 1
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Consistency

Example data
Week 12
7of 7 days
Days captured
68of 84
Longest run
19days
Captures
114
Weeks 1 to 12 of 12
Example data: captures per day, twelve weeks
WeekMonTueWedThuFriSatSunTotal
Week 110010013
Week 210101014
Week 311010115
Week 420111016
Week 511102117
Week 621110218
Week 721211029
Week 8221201210
Week 9312212213
Week 10223221315
Week 11322032214
Week 12332332420

Every week's capture is taken from the same spot, at the same angle, in the same light, so they line up. Week one stays as an outline over the latest one: the mirror's overlay comparison. Tap any frame on the strip.

07Open source

Built in the open. On purpose.

Open licensing is a strategic choice, not an ideological one: community contributors ship modular features faster than any internal roadmap, reference designs lower patent exposure, and a published bill of materials lets anyone source their own parts.

MIT / Apache-2.0 software CERN-OHL hardware

Contributions welcome: gesture triggers, smart-home integrations, automated local backups. Repositories open with the public launch.

synsco_lite.inoswipe-trigger firmware, production revision
#include <BleKeyboard.h>

BleKeyboard bleKeyboard("Synsco Lite", "Synsco", 100);

// Six pads, wired alternately to two touch channels (A/B)
const int PAD_A = T0;   // GPIO4: swipe start
const int PAD_B = T3;   // GPIO15: swipe end
const int TOUCH_THRESHOLD = 30;
const unsigned long SWIPE_WINDOW_MS = 400;  // max time A -> B
const unsigned long COOLDOWN_MS     = 800;  // debounce between shots

unsigned long padATime = 0;
unsigned long lastShot = 0;

void setup() {
  bleKeyboard.begin();
}

void loop() {
  if (!bleKeyboard.isConnected()) return;

  unsigned long now = millis();

  // Stage 1: finger lands on the start pad
  if (touchRead(PAD_A) < TOUCH_THRESHOLD) {
    padATime = now;
  }

  // Stage 2: finger reaches the end pad within the swipe window
  bool swiped = (touchRead(PAD_B) < TOUCH_THRESHOLD) &&
                (padATime > 0) &&
                (now - padATime < SWIPE_WINDOW_MS);

  if (swiped && (now - lastShot > COOLDOWN_MS)) {
    // Volume-Up natively triggers the camera shutter on iOS/Android
    bleKeyboard.write(KEY_MEDIA_VOLUME_UP);
    lastShot = now;
    padATime = 0;
  }
}

08Roadmap

Toward the true smart mirror.

The endgame is a transparent panel fused with touch across the entire glass, so the distinction between mirror and screen disappears. Everything before it is a deliberate step.

  1. 01 · Now

    Lite kits and assembled units

    DIY kits and assembled units establish the brand and the gesture vocabulary.

  2. 02 · Now

    Full, made to order

    A bathroom mirror measured to your wall, with the Flagship hardware built in and nothing on show.

  3. 03 · In development

    Flagship Wall and Studio

    Integrated capture, the full free-canvas interface, on-device organizing. A 24 mm panel, or the panel on an arm with a base.

  4. 04 · Endgame

    Edge-to-edge transparent panel

    Display and touch across the whole glass. Requires panel supply at scale.

The mirror was always where people looked at themselves. Now it is where they capture what they see.

Made in Toronto. Nothing leaves the room.