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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. AI will be everywhere at the 2024 CES coming up next month in Las Vegas. The world’s biggest gathering in consumer electronics will be attracting companies from all over the globe and at the Consumer Technology Association, futurist Brian Comiskey tells us the innovations are pretty mind blowing.. “Chatbots, Mom. AI will be br...

The Future of Women's Digital Health Solutions is the title of a new report from the Consumer Technology Association. How can technology be used to close the gaps. The CTA's Health Government Affairs lead Catherine Pugh chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.        One of my favorite apps of the year….one that I discovered through a posting by a friend…the photographer, author and educator Rick Sammon.   It’s called Merlin…from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology where Alli Smith is the project coordinator.   You can look up birds by description…but what are really cool are the other...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Wrapping up another year….Google is out with the top search trends of 2023. In the news category….hurricanes took three of the top five positions….but number one was the war in Israel and Gaza. For movies…no surprise Barbie and Oppenheimer were on top. In the people category… Damar Hamlin, Jeremy Renner and Travis Kelce were o...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Even at the very last minute…like today….you can find some great online gifts. And with families gathered the idea of gifting a membership to Ancestry.com can be a great idea. I’ve been able to trace roots back to the 15 hundreds and share with family members. Ancestry corporate genealogist Crista Cowan …says family gatherings...

Webasto has partnered with a range of automakers and more to bring EV charging solutions to consumers. The Webasto Go is portable and versatile. Webasto Charging Solutions' Christina Di Sano outlines the features in this chat with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Fore more than two decades SCOTTeVEST has been designing vests, jackets and lots of other garments designed to help you carry your digital devices with ease. The latest are the Best Travel Vests for men and women. Co-founder and CEO Scott Jordan… “The Best Travel Vest, it’s for men and women and it’s a variety of different col...

With Momentum Technology's Call From Work, you can use your work number for outgoing calls from anywhere. How? CEO Amanda Pietrocola and Dir. of Engineering Jim Caldwell chat with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.    Tech to take better care of your heart.   The KardiaMobile Card from  AliveCor is an amazing credit card sized device that can take medical grade EKGs in seconds.  There are other pocket sized models as well.   The card  sells for under a hundred dollars.    You don’t need a subscription, but Chief Marketing Officer Jessi...

AI will be everywhere at CES 2024 in Las Vegas next month. Want a sneak peak? Consumer Technology Association Futurist Brian Comiskey chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.      BlendJet, the maker of the original portable blender with a remarkable back story, is out with some new partnerships for the holiday season.   The BlendJet 2 has added Disney Princess designs…families will love them.  And there are new Happy Viking designs created with tennis great Venus Williams…who has a line of Happy...

Santa has returned to GM OnStar once again! And they'll be tracking him on Christmas Eve. He's on the OnStar Guardian app too. OnStar's Bryan Steele chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. More last minute gift ideas… this time, smart home gear. Lutron’s Caseta line uses a hub to reduce the burden on your home WiFi and increase reliability at the same time. There are smartly designed switches…even plugs for indoors or out…that can be controlled also by an app, the company’s Pico remote…or by voice…Alexa, Google...

A digital personalized fitness coach? That's what French startup AI Bright has created with AI MOOV. And another startup, OCHY AI, has created an app to analyze your running form to prevent injuries and improve performance. CEO Khaldon Evans and AI Bright CEO Ouael Mouelhi chat with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.    Miko Mini is the latest smart, interactive learning robot for kids.    It is also fun with dancing, jokes and more.    CEO and co-founder Sneh Vaswani…says it is designed to grow with children and give parents reports on how kids are progressing… “What Miko does is it talks to you, it plays with you, it interacts with you...

A family tree for family gatherings? Ancestry.com makes it easy to get started for free and can help to grow your tree through DNA and more. How? Corporate Genealogist Crista Cowan chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

The top search trends of 2023? From news, to people, books and entertainment Google has been keeping lists. Search trends expert Sarah Armstrong chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. The Tonie Box has been one of the few gifts that we’ve found kids don’t get tired of. There’s no screen involved…it uses toy figurines placed on top of the box to launch stories and music …even stories parents, kids or grandparents can record themselves. And the line up keeps growing…with Meryl Streep reading the Velveteen Rab...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. What’s Hidden Inside Planets is the name of a new book from Johns Hopkins University Press…and it is a fascinating look at what you could call the inner workings of planets and some interesting facts. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Sabine Stanley is the author. Her inspiration? “I actually grew up in a giant c...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Can you really cut the cord…not just for TV but for Internet too? T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet is priced at just fifty dollars a month for unlimited data. The price is just 30 dollars a month if you are a T-Mobile Go5G Plus or Magenta Max phone subscriber. For many if not most households, it is more than adequate delivering dow...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. NASA Rocket Scientist turned entrepreneur Aisha Bowe is continuing a remarkable journey that is scheduled to take her into space aboard a Blue Origin flight in the coming months. The Lingo STEM coding kits she has developed for kids 13 and up are still growing… “So we start off with an introductory lesson and it’s called In th...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Worried about AI? You’re not alone. The annual trends and future report from Ford finds 68 percent of those surveyed believe AI will create massive job losses for others. Interestingly enough, a much lower 39 percent are worried that they will be replaced in their job by AI. Ford also found shifting priorities when it comes to...

For more than twenty years, SCOTTeVEST has been making vests, jackets and more with pockets galore. The idea is to let you easily carry all of your tech wherever you go. The latest? CEO Scott Jordan chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. We have some more gift suggestions. For anyone who uses a computer…an external SSD drive is always useful and the folks at Kingston continue to innovate in the category. The XS1000 is remarkably small, features fast transfer speeds and the drives…from 500 megabytes up to 4 terabytes…are affordably priced. If you take lots of p...

BlendJet, maker of the original portable blender, is mixing it up with Venus Williams and Disney Princesses! The latest in the line in Fred Fishkin's chat with CEO Ryan Pamplin.