FRYEBURG – Like the stepmother’s bitingly honest mirror in the fairy tale of Snow White, Kevin Douglas’s imaginary mirror promises to offer its users a little more than just a regular reflection.
And although the mirror the 55-year-old amateur inventor from Fryeburg is hoping to build is not quite as upfront as Snow White’s stepmother’s – it won’t be able to talk, for instance – Douglas said he’s dreaming that his mirror will show the truth better than the average looking glass.
The mirror Douglas hopes to create would not reverse images.
“If you have a mole on the right side of the face, my mirror will show the mole on the right side of the face,” he said.
He would only disclose that digital technology will be involved.
Douglas has been a computer programmer for 36 years. For 26 years, he’s been disabled by a car crash that paralyzed his left side.
He is so confident that his design will work he has hired a Florida-based company to help him find a manufacturer for his “virtual mirror,” as he calls it.
Invent-Tech, an agency for would-be inventors, says on its Web site that it can help dreamers turn their ideas into viable, and profitable, products. Its services run from several hundred dollars to several thousand dollars. Douglas would not reveal how much he paid, but said he has a two-year contract with the company. He said Invent-Tech is scouting for potential manufacturers for his mirror.
“It will revolutionize the way people see themselves,” he said. “It is going to give them the truth instead of a lie.”
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