Ikea Gets Dove-Like With a Mirror That Tells You How Beautiful You Are

Now, everyone's the fairest of them all

Feeling a little down? Don't worry. Ikea's new piece of furniture thinks you're amazing.

The Swedish retailer has introduced a prototype of a mirror in Britain that looks you up and down and (thanks to Kinect technology and some "complex coding") gives you a robo-compliment, which people appear to be as thrilled to receive as the real thing.

This "Motivational Mirror" is based on scientific information, commissioned by the retailer itself, which found:

• 49% of Brits receive no compliments in an average week.
• 43.6

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