Woot! – Vizio 8″ Android Tablet with Wi-Fi and Folio Case Just $159.99

Posted on Monday, December 12, 2011 by MegaZone

Vizio 8 Android Tablet with Wi-Fi and Folio Case Today’s Woot! deal is a refurbished Vizio 8″ Android Tablet with Wi-Fi and Folio Case for only $159.99 + $5 S&H. This is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread tablet which is really designed to be a TV companion, unsurprising for Vizio as they’re best known for their HDTVs.

As it is designed to be a TV companion it includes an IR blaster and, to take advantage of this, it includes a universal remote control app. So it isn’t just an Android tablet, it is a tablet remote for your A/V systems. As an entertainment focused device it includes SRS TruMedia Audio and an HDMI port for displaying content on your big screen. And the UI is based on the Vizio Internet Apps, or VIA, system found on their HDTVs. Connectivity is via 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth. Amazon sells the tablet alone new for $299.99 and the folio case for $32.61. So this is a $332.60 value for half price.

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Dream Tour Kicks Off In China

Posted on Friday, December 9, 2011 by MegaZone

Boeing Logo Last week I posted about the preparations for Boeing’s 787 marketing tour, the Dream Tour as they’re calling it. Now the tour has kicked off and the first stop is China, one of the most rapidly growing aviation markets in the world today. Boeing’s posted a couple of videos from this stop, and the more I see of the B787 the more I want to fly on one.


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Sellout.Woot! – SOG PowerLock EOD Multi-Tool with Leather Sheath Just $39.99

Posted on Friday, December 9, 2011 by MegaZone

SOG Multi-Tool PowerLock EOD In my experience, geeks like multi-tools – they’re useful. Personally I always carry my Victorinox Swiss Army CyberTool 41 in my pocket and it has come in handy many times. And I have a Leatherman multi-tool that I usually have in my kit bag. This SOG PowerLock EOD Multi-Tool with Leather Sheath is similar to my Leatherman, a useful tool to have. And a pretty good deal at $39.99 + $5 S&H. It might make a good stocking stuffer for your favorite geek.

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A Look Inside the F-35B STOVL

Posted on Friday, December 9, 2011 by MegaZone

Aviation Week Logo Aviation Week’s Leading Edge blog has a great series of posts that look into different aspects of the F-35B STOVL variant. They’re tied together by a Flash app cutaway of the F-35B which highlights different subsystems and links to the respective posts.

The different posts are:

I thought it was quite an interesting read, and I recommend it to anyone interested in aerospace topics.

Edit: There is even more over in the Ares blog with posts on F-35 testing, engine development, and a bit of a status check ten years in.

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Sellout.Woot! – Roku HD Wireless Media Player Just $39.99

Posted on Thursday, December 8, 2011 by MegaZone

Roku HD Wireless Media Player It isn’t one of the new Roku 2 family, but today’s Sellout.Woot! deal on the Roku HD Wireless Media Player for only $39.99 + $5 S&H makes it less expensive than even the low-end Roku LT. The Roku HD streams at up to 720p resolutions over 802.11b/g networks, or, unlike the Roku LT, over wired Ethernet. The Roku HD also includes built-in component, composite, and S-Video video connections, in addition to HDMI. No special break-out cables required.

It is a nice little unit, and the price is hard to beat.

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