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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.    Heat pumps are gaining steam…now outselling gas furnaces in the U.S.    The technology can be used in a variety of ways but basically works by taking heat from the outside and bringing it in during colder months…and reversing that process during the summer.   Bosch, in Germany, has been among the innovators.   Product man...

Techstination Interview: Ford bringing more connectivity, over air updates, to Ranger line. There's more new tech too. Ranger Raptor Marketing Manager Gretchen Sauer chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination Interview: Poly brings true and useful innovation to Voyager Free 60 earbuds. Such as a touchscreen charging case and more. Product Marketing Manager Roger Ogborne chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

He is the author of best selling books, including The Great Age Reboot and Chief Wellness Officer Emeritus at the Cleveland Clinic. Now Dr. Michael Roizen is launching a new app and newsletter, the Longevity Playbook. Dr. Mike chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.        It is outdoor cooking season once again….and Traeger, a company that pioneered pellet grills is out with some new innovations.   There are new Ironwood Pellet grills that feature a touchscreen display for easy control….and they are app connected as well.  The Ironwood is priced at 18 hundred dollars while the XL model...

Community solar can allow millions to benefit from solar energy even without rooftop panels. How? Solstice co-founder and CEO Steph Speirs chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.      Kamales Lardi is the author of a new book titled The Human Side of Digital Business Transformation.   She has been working with companies for years and of course, much of the focus today is on AI and tools like ChatGPT and Bard.  What should businesses and consumers be looking at.. “What does AI do?  What can it do toda...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.   Healthy products for Mother’s Day and more.  BlendJet, the company that pioneered portable blenders, is out with something new that makes the BlendJet 2 even more useful.    The Orbiter drinking lid let’s you take your smoothies and more on the go and enjoy them without having to unscrew the top.   And if you are new to th...

Created by educator Anurupa Ganguly, Prisms VR is helping thousands of kids learn math and science through VR. T-Mobile has helped with technology and connectivity. Ganguly talks about how VR visualizing is making a difference with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

What is different about the AirBolt GPS tracker? Small in size and a one year battery life for starters. CEO Kabir Sidhu chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.   Kids love to build…just take a look at the longevity and success of Lego.    OWIRobot has some fun options for summertime fun and learning.    The new Cyber Hand kit lets kids assemble an oversized…sixteen inches…mechanical hand. It has flexible joints that you control with your fingers….and there are no motors or batterie...

Through a new partnership with TKL, BenjiLock's fingerprint lock technology will be protecting guitars and other musical instruments. How? Founder and CEO Robbie Cabral chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Aiper aims to take the work out of pool cleaning with the Seagull line of cordless robotic pool cleaners. A demo? General Manager Andres Gomez joins Techstination's Fred Fishkin for a look.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.     The popularity of electric scooters…or e-scooters in the U.S. continues to grow.  They are fun, provide a good mobility option in many circumstances and many fold up and are more easily carried with you into the office, onto mass transit or stowed in a trunk…than a bike or e-bike.   We’ve tested out the KS6-Pro from Yade...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.   Bird Buddy is one of those products that comes along once and a while and delivers on its promise.   It is a smart, camera equipped bird feeder…that uses an app and AI to identify birds that come to the feeder…and fill you in with fun facts about the visitors.     CEO Franci Zidar.. “It’s a bit of a gamified experience of...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.   Once again the folks at Google are telling us what the top search trends were for the past month.   In sports…the Masters golf tournament, an NBA scoring record and Pickleball drew the most interest.. “Right, we saw pickleball spiking around this time last year last year but now it’s actually being searched at an all time...

Schylling is out with a new line of Lava Lamps to mesmerize yet another generation. Groovy? VP of Product Design Bryan Katzel chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.        Posit Science with its Brain HQ app has been used for years by many…including this tech journalist.   And new studies underscore  the science behind the brain training.  Researchers in Australia report that a relatively small amount of training is required to reduce dementia risk .   CEO Dr. Henry Mahncke.. “And what’...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.    In his latest book, The Real Work on the Mystery of Mastery, New York Times best selling author Adam Gopnik talks about learning to drive at the age of 50.   In our wide ranging Techstination interview…which you can find online… Gopnik talked about one of the skills that he had to learn in driving … less in learning to se...

The top search trends during April? The list includes the upcoming Barbie movie, Coachella, Earth Day, Pickleball and more. Google's Sarah Armstrong chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

The benefits of heat pump technology, both economic and environmental, are behind growing global demand. Bosch is among the innovators and lead engineer Roman Wechsler and product manager Jakub Kytka chat about the latest with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.     There’s a lot of competition when it comes to floor cleaning technology.   One of the most innovative companies has been Roborock…and while the latest S8 Pro Ultra robotic cleaner does a great job at an admittedly pretty steep price, there are times when a more old fashioned approach has advantages.   Roborock’s Dyad Pro...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.    Kia has been winning lots of fans for its EV6 vehicles.   Popular Science says the new GT model has supercar-like chops.   And the upcoming EV9 full size SUV will have three rows of seating…two in each row.  Senior Product Manager Sang Lee.. “EV9 is scheduled to be the first mainstream three row, mid sized EV SUV.   So it...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.     Learning about Water!   Water! Is the title of a new book from National Geographic Kids designed to teach young people about the global challenges we face and what they can do to help.    Sandra Postel, founding director of the Global Water Policy Project, wrote the thoughtful forward to the book… “The book is educationa...

There are more innovations taking flight from the smart camera bird feeder company Bird Buddy. Such as? CEO Franci Zidar chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.