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Love concept cars? The popular and free Ford Heritage Vault online has added the brochures and stories behind the automaker's concept vehicles going back to the start. Archive and Heritage Brand Manager Ted Ryan chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. You have lots of choices these days when it comes to trackers that let you keep tabs on your belongings typically using Bluetooth connections to your smartphone. Pebblebee is a company that offers some pretty unique features with its wallet and tag type trackers. They can work with the Apple or Google finding ecosystems and fo...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.    It is that time of year.     Searches for back to school supplies are up 450 percent over the last few weeks according to Google.  The company’s Christina Basilio says there are plenty of searches as well for info on specific subjects like physics and biology…with kids asking if the courses are hard.  Of course they are…b...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Building robots with artificial intelligence. We aren’t just talking about the Optimus robots that Elon Musk believes will become very big business for Tesla. Google’s robotics division is making some big advances too. Kevin Roose at the New York Times got a demo recently of how those robots are learning to manipulate objects...

Canopy is a joint venture from Ford and ADT that has developed the Canopy Pickup Cam for truck bed security. But it won't be limited to Ford vehicles. How does it work? Chief Product Officer Sam Harris chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. In case you haven’t noticed…deliveries from Amazon are getting faster and faster for many, if not most, customers. The online giant says it has delivered 1.8 billion items to Prime members either same day or next day so far this year. Transportation VP Udit Madan.. “At Amazon we offer over three hundred million items with tens...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Have you caught The Beanie Bubble movie in theaters or on Apple TV Plus? It is the true story….with a few name changes…about the Beanie Baby craze during the 90s and the very young employee, named Maya in the movie, who took Beanie Babies online…creating a Web site and boosting the resale popularity on eBay. She is in reality...

What's trending in back to school searches? Google's Christina Basilio chats with Techstination about the trends and school tech tools for students, parents and teachers.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.       The Oppenheimer movie and the Barbie movie…have been among the top search trends on Google of late.   And the searches go well beyond trying to find out movie times and theaters.    Google’s Luma Hamade… “On the Barbie front, a lot of people were wondering what is the all-star cast.   I think people got really excited...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. He is at it again. Jason Michael Paul, the music producer and creator of the first stateside Final Fantasy Concerts, The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Concerts and more…is about to kick off the world tour of Heroes: A Video Game Symphony… “The concept was developed a few years ago when I was on tour with The Legend of Zelda...

pebblebee is bringing new capabilities to rechargeable trackers. Such as? Co-founder Caniel Daoura chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.   How many streaming services do you use.   Synacor is a company that works behind the scenes with a product called CloudID to simplify the authentication process so when you go to watch that streaming service on a new device…it is less frustrating.   CEO Marc Zionts.. “So examples of customers in this space would be people...

Austere brings high quality A/V accessories to partnership with Victrola. With a focus on real protection and style Austere is gaining consumer response. Founder and CEO Deena Ghazarian chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Documentarian Dan Levitt's new book What's Gottten Into You- The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner, is filled with science and history and lots of research. And his motive for the research was concern about his daughter's vegetarian diet. Levitt chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Like to tinker with smart home gear? The NSPanel Pro from Sonoff is a slightly under four inch touch screen that can be used in wall…replacing a wall switch…or go into a cradle for the nightstand or desk. It can control a wide range smart home devices with support for WiFi, Zigbee, Bluetooth and technology from eWeLink…where C...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. AI and the law. She has been an assistant attorney general in two states….and these days Jackie Schafer has been pioneering the use of AI as a valuable tool for the legal community with the company she founded and heads, Clearbrief. It uses AI to save time and improve accuracy in the writing of briefs and more….while avoiding...

Silicon Valley High School...accredited and online only...is using AI to help educate. Students and schools all around the country can benefit. How? Founder David Smith chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Sena delivers a range of communication and safety tools for cyclists, including an Alexa enabled helmet. Sena's Lex Albrecht chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin about the latest.

GM has launched an effort called Hands Free Eyes On to show us what hands free driving means...and doesn't mean. It comes as the availability of Super Cruise continues to grow. Program Engineering Manager for Super Cruise and Active Safety Jessica Moreno chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.       It is prime time for mosquitoes and the folks at Thermacell have continued to innovate with devices to help keep them at bay.     The LIV system is designed to cover larger areas in the yard….with an internet connected base.   It can be very effective.   For portability, the latest is the EL-55…that doubles as a rechar...

Barbie and Oppenheimer were the July headliners when it came to July search trends. Also..the heat wave, hydration and the Women's World Cup. Google search trends expert Luma Hamade chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

With 1.8 billion already this year, Amazon is promising Prime members will be seeing even more same day and next day deliveries. How? Transportation VP Udit Madan chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Samsung has unveiled the fifth generation Galaxy Z Flip5 phone…continuing the comeback of the flip phone form. It is a bit thinner…sells for about a thousand dollars…but look for carrier deals…and will arrive August 11th. The sales pitch? Executive Vice President and Marketing Head Stephanie Choi.. “Galaxy Z Flip5 is personal,...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. With a new electric boat and more…the product line at GoSun continues to grow. The roots of the company are in solar ovens that cook using the power of the sun…heating vacuum tube cooking vessels. They work amazingly well and now the company is making more of those ovens more versatile….adding the ability to cook with 12 volt...

She was only 20 when she created the Beanie Babies Web site for Ty, taking the world by storm. (She's portrayed in the new Beanie Bubble movie) And Lina Trivedi continues to innovate with a new start up using AI to battle isolation on the way. Trivedi chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.