Concerned About Your TV Falling Off the Wall? This Set Comes With Landing Gear

pcmag.com:

Landing gear is usually found on planes or Mars rovers. But now you can get it on a TV. 

A startup has packed a landing gear system into a 55-inch OLED TV to prevent it from breaking if it’s ever at risk of falling off a wall. 

The safety feature comes from a company called Displace, which debuted a completely wireless TV at this year’s CES. The product eliminates all the ports on the device, including the power cord. Instead, the screen runs entirely on batteries and can stream content over the air from a nearby "base unit" computer. 

In addition, the company’s Displace TV can mount itself to any wall using a built-in “proprietary active-loop vacuum technology,” which can suction the display to the surface.

This means owners don’t have to worry about paying a handyman to install a separate mount to display their TV. They can simply pick up the 20-pound TV and mount it themselves on surfaces including a painted or ceramic wall and even glass.  

But since CES, Displace has been hearing safety questions about the TV and its suction-cup system. If it loosens, then the screen could fall on the ground, potentially shattering. “Everyone was asking this question: How safe is it?” Displace CEO Balaji Krishnan said in an event in San Francisco on Tuesday. 

In response, the startup didn't just redesign the suction cup system. It also created a “self-lowering landing gear” technology that can essentially act as an automatic airbag for the TV in the event it might fall. The system is designed to detect if the TV’s suction system is starting to fail, for example, due to a wall cracking or the paint peeling. To protect the display, the safety system will automatically deploy four industrial-strength adhesive tapes to regain