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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.  Crayola helps kids and families turn photos …into coloring pages….and offers new colors to help.  The new Colors of the World crayons…24 colors designed to produce skin tones of people around the world…can be used in conjunction with the Crayola Camera Color app, which is free.  Crayola’s Erica Merklinger...

Clckr delivers innovative phone grips & cases: CEO Phil Mulholland in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  As of today…Microsoft is back in the mobile phone business…with the dual screen Surface Duo on sale…but VP Matt Barlow says….c’mon…don’t call it a phone.  It’s much more than that…a true mobile powerhouse.. “I even, like a lot of us do today, I join Teams meetings and if I’ve got to surf the Web on the side wh...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  For educators, parents and kids…Google is offering help  through a site called www.teachfromanywhere.google .  There is information on how schools can sign up for free G Suite for Education accounts…and tools for classroom management..including online assignments…and info on using Google Meet for online c...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  With many students still learning from home…at least part time….and many parents working from home too…creating ergonomic work spaces can be a big help.  Kensington has created a line of affordable accessories….that can really make a difference.  The company’s Easy Riser Laptop Stand…combined with a wirel...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  IBM is making use of Watson and Artificial Intelligence to help employees…where appropriate….return to the office.  VP of Enterprise Operations Joanne Wright says the technology steps in before the employee leaves home… “First they can do a complete self health check to make sure they are feeling good, feeling...

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.  It has been a very busy summer for the team at Roblox…the online game and game creation platform that has a following in the many millions around the world.  And education has become a big part of what the company does…helping young people learn to create games…as well as play them.  Genevieve Johnson, se...

Panasonic's new full frame mirrorless camera: Lumix S5 takes spotlight.  Panasonic's Matt Frazer chats with Techstination.

UK researchers out with longevity calculator: Prof. Elena Kulinskaya chats with Techstination about www.mylongevity.org

Philips Hue unveils new TV lightstrip and more: CTO George Yianni in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Whether it is on Zoom or other video conferencing platforms…lots of us are making use of online video connections like never before.  At MIT, Professor Thomas Malone, founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, says we’ve reached a tipping point…and are in a new era for video conferencing....

Xanadu's photon quantum computing platform arrives: CEO Christian Weedbrook chats with Techstination.

Pre-orders open for Samsung super phone: Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G.   Sr. Product Manager Caleb Slavin in Techstination interview.

X-Chair Founder Tony Mazlish isn't sitting still when it comes to innovation.   Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The number of drones used for a wide range of commercial uses…including package deliveries…is poised to take off.  Couldn’t resist that…but it’s true.  And a company named PrecisionHawk recently was awarded two patents for an automated unmanned air traffic control system….that may help to speed things alo...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   With empty seats in the stands, the U.S. Open Tennis tournament is underway in New York,  IBM which has been involved with the tournament for decades…is playing an even bigger role this year…using technology and AI to help keep fans engaged.  Noah Syken is IBM VP for sports and entertainment partner...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Using technology that originated at a toy company…to combat loneliness and isolation…especially for seniors.  Ageless Innovation’s founder and CEO Ted Fischer came from Hasbro..and wound up acquiring the Joy for All brand of animatronic pets.  Furry dogs and cats that bark and purr…and have sensors for so...

An ICU nurse & her family create Webaround video conferencing background solution.  Director Jessie Bovay chats with Techstination.

IBM using AI to help fan involvement in U.S. Open:VP Noah Syken in Techstination interview.

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.  In the midst of a pandemic….dire predictions about climate change…and an upcoming divisive election…out comes a book titled The End of Everything.  But there is a subtitle… Astophysically Speaking.  And the author, theoretical astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack…with surprising wit and humor….explains a variety...

DJI's new OM 4 foldable, magnetic phone stabilizer.  DJI's Maria Jung chats with Techstination.

Woz U partners to bridge technology skills gap: Woz Enterprise President Chris Coleman chats with Techstination.