We've been waiting impatiently for OLED display to come to laptops, and that finally happened at CES 2019 with models from HP and Dell. Now we know one likely source for those, as Samsung has unveiled what it says is the first-ever 15.6-inch 4K OLED...
The world’s blackest pigment isn’t just some really dark shade of black. It’s so black it literally doesn’t reflect any light. Made from a substance that absorbs 99.9% of the light shone at it, this black is so insanely dark, the only thing scientists can agree is darker than it is a black hole, a cosmic entity so powerful that it ‘eats up light’.
The idea of using the world’s blackest pigment on a watch face came to Chronotechna when they realized how difficult it is to read the time underwater. In a place where sunlight struggles to find its way through, your eyes can use any contrast they get, so the watch’s dial is made using the darkest substance ever created by man, while the hands and markings use SuperLuminova paint, giving you a contrast so high that you can read the time even in the lowest of light conditions.
Aside from its rather interesting use of pigments, the watch sports a Marine-Grade 316L stainless steel construction and a sapphire-coated crystal cover on the top. Designed exclusively for divers, the watch is water-resistant up to 10 atmospheres of pressure, and features a Sellita SW 200-1 Swiss-made automatic self-winding movement on the inside. The straps, on the other hand, come made from Italian leather, an odd choice given that the watch was inspired by and made for diving.
At the end of the day, Chronotechna’s watch is probably the only commercially available product that uses the world’s darkest pigment. UK-based Surrey Nanosystems (the creators of Vantablack) has been under fire for the longest time for restricting sales of their dark pigment to a singular artist, while made unavailable to the rest of the world. Chronotechna’s watch remains, as of now, not just the only watch, but the only commercially available consumer-good to feature a pigment so dark it swallows 99.9% of any light that shines on it… and with a price point of $1,353, that distinction does NOT come cheap!
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We Happy Few was one of my coworker Jess Conditt's favorite games from E3 this year, and for good reason: its alt-history, drug-and-paranoia fueled take on a dystopia is unlike anything we've ever seen. But how did it all begin? With a question, acco...
Not quite fully sated with the latest Apple updates from this year's WWDC? Without doubt, one of the most anticipated goodies to come from the keynote yesterday was the introduction of the MacBook Pro into the Retina Display-fold. We'll, of course, be giving all the new hardware our own thorough shakedown, but in the meantime, AnandTech has given that new display a detailed dissection. In summary: excellent brightness and solid black-levels fend off the glare, apps look amazing, upscaling will cover you in the meantime. For the full nitty-gritty though, number by number, be sure to hit up the source.
We've been waiting impatiently for OLED display to come to laptops, and that finally happened at CES 2019 with models from HP and Dell. Now we know one likely source for those, as Samsung has unveiled what it says is the first-ever 15.6-inch 4K OLED...
We Happy Few was one of my coworker Jess Conditt's favorite games from E3 this year, and for good reason: its alt-history, drug-and-paranoia fueled take on a dystopia is unlike anything we've ever seen. But how did it all begin? With a question, acco...
