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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Here come all of those Super Bowl parties….and the only bad feeling you should have in the pit of your stomach on the Monday after…is if your team fell short. Illnesses caused by food are a big concern at Super Bowl gatherings and the USDA is offering tips online to help prevent that.  Meredith Carothers, one...

Waverly Labs Forum can provide rapid translation for conversations, classrooms, religious services and more using an app or browser.   And you can try it for free.    How does it work?  Co-founder Sergio Diaz chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

What's new and what's next for the Oura Ring.   With Oura data now available via and Apple Watch app, there's much more to come.   Director of Product Jason Russell chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Over the counter hearing aids with a UVC sanitizing case.   That's one of the innovative features in the Linner Nova hearing aids.   There's also the Connect external mic and TV sound transmitter.   Founder and CEO Bond Zhao chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   No surprise here…the NFL playoffs leading up to the Super Bowl were among the top search trends reported by Google for the month of January.  Flight delays and compensation, the Golden Globes and Oscar Nominations also got lots of search attention.  And Google’s Sarah Armstrong says many of us were...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Whether it is for video conferencing, gaming or podcasting…a great microphone can make all the difference.  ATEN uses AI to make it easier to use a variety of mics with the UC8000 MicLIVE audio mixer.  The company has been around for decades making computer accessories.  Product Manager Ethan Y...

Food safety is often neglected when it comes to Super Bowl gatherings where those wings and dips stay out for hours.   The USDA's Meredith Carothers chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin about online tips and more.

Kara Water home appliance delivers clean water from the air.   How?  How expensive?  CEO Cody Soodeen chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The first wireless docking station for notebooks will arrive this year.  The ThinkBook Wireless Dock from Lenovo will allow you to simply place your laptop down and have it powered and connected.  The technology is the result of a partnership between Synaptics and Energysquare, where co-founder Daniel Lol...

Where do you go to attract first time home buyers?  KB Home says welcome to the metaverse.   CMO Amit Desai chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

The new rules allowing the sale of hearing aids over the counter are prompting many to get help for issues that can date back years.  Lucid Hearing has added over the counter models to its traditional hearing aid line.  The differences?   Exec. VP of Research and Development Bennett Griffin chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  As part of Ford’s celebration of the 75th anniversary of its F-Series vehicles…the Ford Heritage Vault has added the brochures of the vehicles going back to the start.  Ford archive and heritage brand manager Ted Ryan.. “The FordHeritageVault.com is the site that we maintain that is free and open to the public...

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Robotic milkers, cow Fitbits, surplus energy from anaerobic digesters? Tech makes sense and lots of cents at Barstow's Longview Farm in Massachusetts, part of the Cabot Creamery Agri Mark Co-op.  7th generation farmer Denise Barstow Manz chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Keeping the data that you travel with secure.  The Ironkey brand from Kingston has new hardware encrypted drives ..labelled Vault Privacy 50 C…that work with either USB 3.2 or USB-C ports that can give you and your employer some piece of mind.  Kingston’s Shealyn Toruno.. “Now you can make sure that all o...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  What sells new smartphones today?  More often than not, it is the camera capabilities.  The top phones…have features that make them a great choice even for serious photographers.  For instance, Rick Sammon…who shoots with some of the best cameras you can buy and has written dozens of books on photogr...

Envision delivers new options in smart glasses for vision assistance.   How do they work?  Chief Technology Officer Karthik Kannan chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

New leather cases for AirPods Pro, aluminum bands for Apple Watch and a new High Volta color are arriving from Nomad.   What sets them apart?  Nomad's Chuck Melber chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Ring's Car Cam is on the way.   So what can it do?  Product Specialist Neil Cayabyab shows us in this Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Ukraine based Skylum Software has found a way to continue innovating through all of the horrors over the last year.  CEO Ivan Kutanin says staffers are continuing to work from inside and outside of Ukraine.  The product …Luminar NEO, puts powerful AI photo editing tools into the hands of everyone….and is...

For true coffee lovers, Bunafr aims to up what's in your cup.  The Bunafr home coffee roaster will use an app and scanner to deliver the freshest roast possible.  Founder Anjani Annumalla chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Lutron is offering more choices in the Diva Dimmer and Claro Smart Switch line.  How easy?  How reliable?   Product manager Adam Mack chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  When it comes to getting kids excited about science, tech and math…we are all in…and a new book from National Geographic Kids titled One Thousand Facts About Space is bound to accomplish that and more.  The author is Dean Regas, astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory…who has laid out the book to allow you fl...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Electric vehicles that are capable of bi-directional charging…may help to solve one of the biggest issues in the adoption of the technology.  How will the electric grid be able to keep up.  At Emporia Energy, which makes EV chargers and other technology to monitor and help save energy…CEO Shawn McLaughlin...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  This year should be pretty significant in the world of smart glasses and augmented reality.  We’ll likely be seeing some familiar names introducing new products.  And Vuzix…which has been a pioneer developing the technology for the military and a wide range of commercial applilcations has unveiled new des...