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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Way back when….handheld View Masters…and their photo discs would transport people to far way places or help to tell immersive stories with 3D images.  Holy cow…just saw an Amazon…you can still buy them…or something like them.  Meanwhile….there is a new book..titled Welcome to the Universe in 3D by Neil de...

Techstination Week is a compilation of this week's Techstination reports with tech journalist and host Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  National Geographic Photographer David Littschwager traveled the world with a studio he created to photograph creatures that aren’t always very cooperative.  The result is a beautiful new photographic book and accompanying essays  titled Octopus. Seahorse. Jellyfish.  What lured  him into this p...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  If you are an iPad fan…as so many of us are…the new Antimicrobial Active Stylus from Targus can be a smart alternative.  Priced at under 70 dollars..the pen features what Targus calls DefenseGuard antimicrobial protection.  It is designed to work with any iPad 2018 or newer.  It doesn’t require drive...

Roku has put together a team in Denmark focused on bringing high quality sound to sound bars and speakers.   VP of Engineering Brian Moller chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

With workplace scenarios continuing to evolve, Google is offering help.  Are you working from home?   In the office?  Google's Andrea Willis outlines some new tools to assist in a Techstination chat with Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  It is called the Anker 757 PowerHouse.  A new Lithium Iron Phosphate battery….designed to keep you and your gear going at camp sites, on the patio or during blackouts or brownouts.  What sets it apart?  The capacity is more than 12 hundred watt hours,  it can recharge to 100 percent in an hour a...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Spring time is time to head outdoors….and for fans of GoPro…myself included…there’s a great new addition to help you power, control and grip the latest cameras.  The Volta is a battery grip that does all of the above and also serves as a tripod and wired or wireless remote.  VP Rick Loughery… “What we als...

Based in Kyiv, Skylum Software employees have demonstrated resistance by continuing to update Luminar Neo and other imaging software.   How?  CEO Ivan Kutanin and Communications Head Anna Koval join Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination Interview: Welcome To The Universe In 3D from Princeton University Press by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael Strauss, Richard Gott and Bob Vanderbei takes us on a visual tour of the universe as never before and includes online components as well.  Princeton University professor and astro photographer Bob Vanderbei chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.   Great for kids.....

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  This is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and we all know about the dangers of texting while driving.  But GM is also highlighting another major factor…elevated emotional states.  The automaker is out with a Future of Safety Research Study…and GM Safety Engineer Tricia Morrow tells us… “Texting...

Techstination Week is a compilation of this week's Techstination reports with tech journalist and host Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Using AI to analyze handwritten census data faster than ever before.  That is what Ancestry is doing.  It has developed new, proprietary handwriting recognition technology using AI…and is employing it to make information on the newly released 1950 U.S. Census available and searchable for free. &nbsp...

The Anker 757 PowerHouse is the company's biggest, most powerful battery to date...yet can be charged to 80 percent in an hour.  For emergencies or the outdoors it's designed to deliver power where it is needed and is ready for solar charging.   Anker's Adam Weissman chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  A disc shaped solution for better video conferencing sound and more.  SPACE from beyerdynamic is a smartly designed portable wired or wireless speakerphone that nicely doubles as a good sounding Bluetooth speaker for music as well.  In fact…two units can be paired for   stereo.  For video a...

What's behind GoPro's stripped down Hero 10 Black Bones camera?    And why you'll want the new Volta versatile tripod battery grip.   VP Rick Loughery chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Allen Hirsch is an artist who needed a better way to hold his phone while painting.   So he unleashed his creativity and the result is a full line up of HANDL phone grips that are unique and even beautiful.   Hirsch takes us around the studio in an interview with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  How many old mobile phones do you have stashed away in drawers collecting dust.  Recycling phones can not only be good for the environment….but it can be helpful to your bank account too.  MCE is a company that provides recycling services through a number of wireless carriers…and President Robert Hackl sa...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. One of the things a lot of people have learned in this new age of Zoom and video conferencing…is how important sound can be in connecting with people. PreSonus is making it easier than even to deliver great sound with its USB interface line-up. I’ve really liked the Studio 24c with two XLR mic or instrument jacks in the front,...

It is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and a Future of Safety Research Study from GM finds many accidents are related to stress.   GM Safety Engineer Tricia Morrow chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Anker…a rapidly growing consumer electronics company…is out with another new brand…AnkerMake. And the first product on the way is the M5 3D printer. It is designed to be fast and even stylish…for a 3D printer…and even includes a built in HD camera. Anker Robert Berg…  “Normally you want to track your own creation, right?...

Techstination Week is a compilation of this week's Techstination reports with tech journalist and host Fred Fishkin

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   The Tamagotchi line from Bandai America is continuing to forge new partnerships to expand the virtual pet line up.  This time… with Toy Story Tamagotchi.  Bandai America’s Trish Garrett.. “Because Pixar has their big summer blockbuster, Lightyear, coming out this June, we are introducing not only Wo...

Wyze is looking to ramp up its new product pipeline providing affordable smart home technology.  Co-founder and CMO Dave Crosby on the latest on products and security in this interview with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Twelve years in the making, National Geographic books is out with David Littschwager's Octopus Seahorse Jellyfish.  What did it take to capture the eye-opening images?   Littschwager chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.