What is the difference between Retroreflectors and mirrors?
What is the difference between Retroreflectors and mirrors? There is a big difference. Reflective tape acts as a mirror, so it sends the light back out in different directions. Retro-reflective material is made with tens of thousands of tiny glass beads that reflect light and send a focused image directly back to the original light source. These designs light you up at night! Is a mirror a Retroreflector? While ordinary flat mirrors also reflect light, the light isn't reflected back to the source but off to the side at the same angle the beam arrived. Only if the light beam...