Techstination

Lutron's latest Serena Smart Wood Blinds adjust automatically with time of day.  Lutron's Melissa Andresko chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Creating techie toys for kids that let them emulate grown ups…has been a focus at Vtech for some time.  With tablets and smart watches and more.  The latest is the KidiZoom Creator Cam.  Get ready for this..  Vtech’s Tiffany Lavery… “If you ask kids today what they want to be …it used to b...

Nextdoor offering free tools to help local businesses: Head of Product Tatyana Mamut in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Even if they aren’t venturing out to campgrounds….lots of folks are setting up camp in their own backyards.  BioLite’s FirePit or CampStoves can make the experience more fun.  The company’s technology allows you to cook with a variety of sticks, twigs, pine cones…or pellets…and all but eliminates smoke. T...

Circle Home Plus helps families control screen time & more: VP Gwen Smith chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  It’s a varied list spanning more than a dozen countries and may different types of companies.  IBM has again honored women, 35 in all,  who are pioneers in artificial intelligence.  The idea…says IBM’s Ritika Gunnar..is to help foster more gender equality in technology… “It provides a set of role mod...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  With so many question marks about what the next school year will bring, the Alliance for Virtual Learning…partnering with Blackboard and the University of Phoenix…has created a Virtual Teaching Academy with help for educators and parents.  The free sessions can be found through the www.phoenix.edu Web site…whe...

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.  Shiao-Chen Tsai and her husband, a former Intel engineer…have two babies.  A one year old son….and the Muro Box…a smartly designed music box that has programmable pins controlled through an app…so it can play the music you choose.. “The most challenging part is the hardware design because we need to make sure...

Samsung delivers outdoor "Terrace" screens & more for Father's Day.   Sr. Manager Product Training Scott Cohen chats with Techstination.

Mindsets makes online learning more engaging: Founder/CEO Marissa DiPasquale in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  With the stress and anxiety that so many people have been feeling of late….Google is providing people with tools and services to help them get reliable information about mental health.  Dr. David Feinberg…who has had a long healthcare career…is head of Google Health.. “When you think about it, the storm that w...

FluidStance adds movement to those hours at a desk: Founder Joel Heath chats with Techstination.

Accell delivers Driverless USB Docking Station for PCs, Macs & Android. Sales and Business Development Manager Christine English chats with Techstination.

Creating a Montessori experience for toddlers at home: author Simone Davies in Techstination interview. 

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Your computer or even mobile phone can help in finding answers to the Covid-19 pandemic.  IBM,  Scripps Research  and the World Community Grid have created  a project called Open Pandemics-Covid-19…..that allows you to volunteer to let your idle computer or Android phone use their processing pow...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  We like to talk from time to time about innovation…and innovators.  Meet Carter Waugh….who recently turned 11…and is the entrepreneur behind Critts… Well Critts is a combination of a flip flop and a foam clog.  It provides maximum comfort and adventurability.  I trademarked adveturability.  And...

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.  ZQuiet is a company that has focused on helping you and those close to you get a better night’s sleep.  The latest product is the Quiet On Sleep Earbuds featuring noise cancellation developed in Finland.  They aren’t designed for music…no Bluetooth connections….just for quiet.  Co-founder Dan Webster...

uHoo gives you air quality detail like no other: co-founder Dustin Jefferson Onghanseng in Techstination interview.

New partnership to help teachers & parents plan what's next in online education.   University of Phoenix  College of Education Dean Pam Roggeman on partnership with Blackboard.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Brian Donnelly is a retired teacher and tinkerer.  Now keep in mind he has been working on his invention since long before the days of Covid-19.  And the invention is called Blow Out Pal.  A cake cover that holds candles….so the person blowing them out…in the midst of a Happy Birthday chorus….doesn’t...

The story behind the app controlled Muro Box music box: Co-founder Shiao-Chen Tsai chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  3Doodler is the name of a company that has had success creating a pen based 3D printer…  And the company’s latest device…3D Build and Play …is designed to be safe for kids as young as 4…and will be priced at just 30 dollars.  Co-founder Max Bogue says the idea here is to unleash creativity…and ease of use...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Shadows Edge is the name of a mobile game designed for teens to help them express feelings and cope with a range of problems…including the Covid-19 pandemic.  It was created by the Digging Deep Organization…where CEO Rosemary Lokhorst says… “We rooted the game in the principles of narrative therapy and a...