Objects in this mirror are closer than they appear, but they look just fine. A mathematics professor from Drexel University has been granted a patent for a wide-angle mirror design that minimizes ...

Of all the low-tech pieces of safety equipment that don’t get enough respect, perhaps none suffers quite as much from the Rodney Dangerfield treatment as the rear view mirror. This humble hunk of ...

Each year, more and more gadgets are added to the equipment lists of new cars. But it’s not just gadgets. Simple features, such as extendable sun visors and wide-angle side mirrors, are also popping ...

I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror. I shower and do my hair and makeup in front of a vanity mirror, then get dressed with the help of my full-length mirror. I have three mirrors in my ...

There’s a famous story (also proven false) that NASA spent millions of dollars inventing a pressurized pen that could work in the zero gravity of space, while Soviet cosmonauts just used pencils. A ...