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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Misty Robotics has developed a new skill for its Misty II robot….turning it into a temperature screening Assistant.  The robotics company ..a spin out of Sphero…has tested the skill with a variety of health institutions and other organizations.  Company Head Tim Enwall.. “Misty asks the Covid 19 screening...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Worx has made another valuable addition to its Power Share line up…with a lightweight 20 volt Cube Vacuum.  It comes with attachments for crevices and a brush good for cleaning car seats and more….and operates on the same Power Share batteries that power many of the company’s products.  You should know it...

GM pushing EV future in Super Bowl ad featuring Will Ferrell.  GM Communication Manager Stu Fowle chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  At this years virtual Consumer Electronics Show, Cyberlink…which is best known for video and photo creativity software…showed off AI technology it calls FaceMe.  Senior VP Richard Carriere says it is designed to help companies and venues to set up kiosks…for instance.. “That enables the recognition of whether...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Think smart glasses have gone away?  Think again.  Vuzix has captured innovation awards at this year’s CES in three categories for the company’s Next Generation Smart Glasses.  They have a sleek design are equipped with the world’s smallest mcroLED based projection engine dual displays and feature ca...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Adding some new tech for enjoying the Super Bowl doesn’t have to break the bank.  If you have already been enjoying the latest from Netflix, Amazon or Apple on a big screen..maybe got a new one for the holidays..….how about improving the sound?  It can make all the difference.  Yamaha is offering dis...

Techstination Week is a compilation of this week's Techstination reports with tech journalist and host Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Anker’s Soundcore brand is out with the Liberty Air 2 Pro true wireless earbuds….with features designed to compete with many of the best that are out there.  They feature automatic noise cancellation, wireless charging…PureNote Driver Technology, modes for different environments…and work with Anker’s HearID 2....

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  A notebook designed to allow you to save written notes digitally isn’t a new idea…but a company called Thinkers Notebook has done good job making the concept simple and attractive.  Sean Jackson is the Chief Strategic Thinker and he says writing with good old fashioned pen and paper lets us slow down our thoug...

Super sound for the Super Bowl...Yamaha offers sound bar deals.   Yamaha's Joel Kennedy chats with Techstination.

Your Voice is Power for students teaches coding & racial equity through music.  Dr. Shanika Hope, head of the  Amazon Future Engineer in the U.S. and Georgia Tech's Dr. Roxanne Moore in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Using technology to help people remain independent as the age…is what a company called Caregiver Smart Solutions is all about.  It was founded by Ryan Herd….who had worked in the smart home space and became a caregiver when his father developed cancer.  The company uses sensors around the home to allow lo...

Using AI to guide medication dosing: Dosis CEO Shiv Chhabra in Techstination interview.

CDC and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation create Places interactive health tracking.  Senior Program Officer Dr. George Hobor in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Bringing physical toys into the digital world isn’t a brand new concept…but the folks behind Tonies have created a winning combination.  The Toniebox is a ruggedized speaker that plays stories, songs and even your own recorded content…depending upon the Tonie magnetic figure placed on top.  Marketing Dire...

Worx adds Portable Cube Vac to Power Share line up.   Meg Butterly in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  LifeSmart is a company that continues to innovate in an ever growing product range…and during the pandemic has found more people wanting to invest in home comfort.  The company’s latest Zero Gravity Massage chairs are smartly designed so they can be placed within a couple of inches of a wall…but they provide a...

Techstination Week is a compilation of this week's Techstination Reports with tech journalist and host Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   The story of Katherine Johnson, the woman who broke so many barriers as a female,  black NASA mathematician who was the subject of the film Hidden Figures,  has inspired many.  And while she passed away last year at age 101….she had collaborated with two of her daughters on a book for young peo...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Product placement has been around as a form of advertising in movies and on TV for years.  A company called Source Digital is taking the concept to a new level by allowing viewers to get information on all kinds of places and objects in video content.  It was created by a team headed by Hank Frecon and hi...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Another new name in the smart home business.  Nooie…spelled n o o I e…is out with a range of products ranging from smart plugs and lightbulbs…to security cams.  The Nooie Cam 360 is a nicely design camera that looks good on a shelf and allows you to control a 360 degree view around a room.  And...

The age of smart glasses is just beginning.   So says Paul Travers, CEO of Vuzix...which captured several CES 2021 Innovation awards for the company's Next Generation Smart Glasses.

They are the latest feature rich ANC earbuds from Anker's Soundcore brand.  What sets them apart?   The brand's Adam Weissman joins Techstination's Fred Fishkin to chat.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  iScanner is an app for iOS or Android…designed to turn your mobile device into a full fledged document scanner.  It does a good job detecting edges on a wide range of things…from receipts and notes to all kinds of documents and even handles multiple pages.  You can upload to cloud services like Google Dri...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Scott Jordan and his wife have built a business out of innovative clothing designed with enough pockets to keep even the most gadget happy among us satisfied in the digital age.  And now, SCOTTeVEST is out with the SCOTTeMASK…offering stylish, yet effect protection in a gaiter style garment.  It features...