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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Hyper, a company long known for making high quality docking stations and battery packs  is out with the HyperDrive Thunderbolt 4 Power Hub…and what is impressive here, besides the sleek brushed silver design…is the integration of a GaN power source.  What that means is that a slim plug goes from an outlet...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Nomad is a company that has built a great reputation for quality iPhone accessories over the last decade, using top notch materials very often, like Horween leather.  Nomad has been branching out with products for iPhones and the Apple Watch in the High Volta line.  The super bright colors are designed to...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Can a little device that plugs into the charging port of your smart phone…USB C or Lightning….take the itch out of a bug bite?  Yes it can.  At least when it came to the bite I unfortunately got to test it on.  It is called Heat It…built by a start-up in Germany…where co-founder Lukas Liedtke…t...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Samsung’s latest flagship phones, the S23 line, have arrived.  At the top of the heap is the Galaxy S23 Ultra…boasting a 200 megapixel camera….storage that goes up to a terabyte and a price tag that starts at about 12 hundred dollars.  Of course, deals from carriers, can make the latest phones much more a...

WalleyGrip2 is a Popl enabled wallet and grip for Mag-Safe iPhones.  And an accessory enables use on almost any smartphone.  Details?  Founder Victor Chor chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Tripp is a VR and cross platform app that turns meditation into a new type of experience.   How?   Chief Wellness Officer Caitlin Krause chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  With the doors open to FDA approved over the counter hearing aids…consumers have a rapidly growing number of choices.  That, it is hoped, will mean many of the millions of people who have neglected getting help for hearing loss will finally get the assistance they need.  Lucid Hearing, which has been in t...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Home buying in the metaverse.  KB Home, one of the largest home builders in the U.S….has created a new metaverse experience for would be buyers.  It allows them to visit and personalize homes…online….from the exterior to cabinetry and more.  Chief Marketing Officer Amit Desai.. “You know we want to b...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Microsoft is seizing an opportunity …through an alliance with OpenAI…to become a leader in search…incorporating ChatGPT into its Bing search engine.  That will allow more relevant and even conversational search results.  In the words of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.. “It’s a new day in search.  It’s a...

The latest flagship phones from Samsung are on the way.   The big features?   What should you know?   Director of Smartphone Product Management Blake Gaiser chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  It’s a good day for matters of the heart…so we are chatting once again with Dr. Paolo Madeddu at the University of Bristol.  He and his team have discovered a gene mutation among some regional populations where many residents live to be one hundred or more…including his native southern Italy.  And they be...

With the new Wyze Cam OG and OG Telephoto along with the Cam Pan v3,  Wyze has started 2023 off with more affordable innovations for consumers.   And Head of Product Kyle Christensen says there is more to come.    He chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.  

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  What happens when you ask ChatGPT for a one minute review of ChatGPT?  Here is the response:  ChatGPT is an AI-powered language model developed by OpenAI. It has been trained on a massive amount of text data and can generate human-like responses to a wide range of questions and prompts. The model's langua...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Robotic milking,  Fitbit style collars and more are part of modern dairy farming today.  At Barstow’s Longview Farm in Hadley, Massachusetts, part of the Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Denise Barstow Manz is a 7th generation farmer.  She says using technology, the cows can be milked or fed when they cho...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The folks at Wyze are off to a fast start in 2023 with the introduction of three new cameras…at some very impressive prices.  I’ve been a fan of the company’s approach of making some great technology…at very affordable prices.  For instance, the new Wyze Cam OG is priced at just twenty dollars at launch....

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  A study published in Cardiovascular Research suggests that a gene variant may be able to turn back the age of your heart by ten years.  The study at the University of Bristol was led by Professor Paolo Madeddu.  On the latest What’s Next, Living Longer, Better, Smarter podcast…he told us the variant, typi...

A gene mutation that can extend the health of your heart by a decade? The work of the University of Bristol team led by Professor Paolo Madeddu has been capturing headlines.   Questions?   Dr. Madeddu chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Heat It is a device that plugs into a smartphone and uses heat to take away the itch from bug bites.  How?    Co-founder Lukas Liedtke chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

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.