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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  We like it when companies in the home automation business make things that work well with gadgets from other manufacturers.  Case in point… Lutron and its Caseta line…have now added compatibility with Ring to have lights come on automatically when a Ring doorbell is pressed or a camera detects motion.  Lu...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  With most of us doing our movie watching at home these days…what can you do to make the experience better?  The Philips Hue Gradient Lightstrip combined with the Hue Play box creates a surprisingly big difference…making movies and everything else you watch more immersive.  The lightstrip easily attaches t...

Virtual pets live on! Bandai's Tamagotchi on Wonder Garden.     Bandai's Tara Badie in Techstination interview.

Amazon offers to tips to get best Prime Day deals: Amazon's Katie Larsen chats with Techstination.

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.   They had been working on this long before the pandemic….but researchers at the U.K.’s University of East Anglia have created an app called Mylongevity….designed to forecast your life expectancy.  They have used anonymous data from electronic health records…including social demographics….and health charac...

Lifesmart unveils Truewash sanitizer & more: CEO Mike Dolder in Techstination interview.

During pandemic more take up backyard astronomy: Celestron's Jason Mulek chats with Techstination.

Yamaha's digital sax innovation: Jon Goldman & Lucia Sarmiento in Techstination interview.

Improving sound for more creators & performers online: Ultimate Ears Pro VP Philippe Depallens chats with Techstination.

iGrill creator Chris Allen now CEO of iCleanse for UV-C disinfecting.  Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The Canadian computing company Xanadu has launched the first photonic Quantum computing platform in the cloud.  Quantum computers utilize what are called qubits instead of bits to perform computations beyond what traditional computers are capable of.  And Xanadu has created an open source software library...

Chipolo One Ocean Edition made from fishing net waste: CMO Nika Kramzar chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  When a Broadway theatrical sound designer takes on the mission of creating a better microphone for all of us using Zoom, creating online videos and more…what you get is Hooke Audio.  And the latest created by Anthony Mattana…the founder…is the Hooke Lav.  It’s on Kickstarter now…and features versatility,...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.     Samsung is playing the part of the gambler…and knows when to fold ‘em…    It is betting that there will be enough buyers with two thousand dollars to spare to make the new Galaxy Z Fold 2 mobile device a success.    It is heavier and thicker, of course, than a t...

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 Covid virus pandemic has driven tremendous growth in telemedicine.  But that has underscored the need for more universal high speed Internet access.  On a recent episode of the Living Longer, Better Smarter podcast, which I co-host with Mary Furlong…the managing director of the healthcare practice at...

Visybl's SafeTeam social distancing wristband: Co-founder Arun Nadun in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  X-Chair Founder and CEO Tony Mazlish isn’t sitting still when it comes to innovations in adding comfort to desk seating and more.   The Covid-19 pandemic has meant many people who are working or learning from home have been looking for more ergonomic seating… “Prior to the pandemic, while people had home...

Konka bringing low priced, full featured screens to U.S. market: VP Scott Ramirez chats with Techstination.

Easier video chat for seniors to combat isolation: OneClick. Chat CEO Dillon Myers in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  With a new voting information center, Facebook says it has already assistant more than two million people to register to vote and the numbers are growing daily.  Director of Social Impact Product, Emily Dalton Smith,  says beyond registrations…Facebook is providing information on how to vote…working with...

What's new with Logitech MX 3 Anywhere mouse?: Product head J.C. Hemes in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Webaround is the kind of company I love to talk about.  It was created by an ICU nurse…Linda Bovay…who saw physicians holding online conferences from messy kitchens and such…and thought there’s got to be a better way.  She went to work and devised a background that could slip over the back of a chair….and...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The latest home automation tech from Lutron…is the most reliable I’ve used and that makes all the difference in the world.  It can be more than a little frustrating when connected light switches, bulbs and the like work some of the time…but not all of the time.  With Lutron’s Caseta line…that won’t be an...