Samsung’s New TVs Are More Colorful, and Easier to Mount on Your Wall

The brand-new Q series represents a complete overhaul of Samsung’s quantum-dot tech. The new 4K HDR TVs are designed to eliminate cable clutter, too. The post Samsung’s New TVs Are More Colorful, and Easier to Mount on Your Wall appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Samsung’s New TVs Are More Colorful, and Easier to Mount on Your Wall

Hackaday Links: The 2017 One

You screwed everything up last night. The end of 2016 had a leap second, so instead of the seconds going up from 57, 58, 59… 00, there was a 61st second in the last minute of the year. Yeah, 2016 just wouldn’t quit. [Michel] built a device to keep track of 2016’s leap second using GPS, and everything worked beautifully.

Remember MechWarrior? There’s a reason those mid-90s games used mechs instead of more organic characters. Computers couldn’t draw that many polygons, making MechWarrior a stylistic choice driven by the limitations of technology. Here’s a real MechWarrior that could rip your …read more

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