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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.    Tech to take better care of your heart.   The KardiaMobile Card from  AliveCor is an amazing credit card sized device that can take medical grade EKGs in seconds.  There are other pocket sized models as well.   The card  sells for under a hundred dollars.    You don’t need a subscription, but Chief Marketing Officer Jessica Weinstein says ..

“We have a service called KardiaCare.  This is a digital healthcare service that offers members a suite of advanced features to help them manage their heart health.  It provides ECG recording, overreads by board certified cardiologists, you get monthly ECG reports.”

Medication tracking,  the ability to share with your doctor and more…for 99 dollars a year.      Find more info at www.kardia.com.

You can find us at Techstination.com.   I’m Fred Fishkin.

AI will be everywhere at CES 2024 in Las Vegas next month. Want a sneak peak? Consumer Technology Association Futurist Brian Comiskey chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.      BlendJet, the maker of the original portable blender with a remarkable back story, is out with some new partnerships for the holiday season.   The BlendJet 2 has added Disney Princess designs…families will love them.  And there are new Happy Viking designs created with tennis great Venus Williams…who has a line of Happy Viking protein shakes.  BlendJet co-founder and CEO Ryan Pamplin…

“So at some point we realized we should do a collaboration together and design some beautiful BlendJets.   And she helped come up with these three designs which are really beautiful.  So they’ve got her signature on the jar.”

Performance of the rechargeable BlendJet 2 is impressive and you can find all of the designs and a marketplace full of  healthy shake mixes…feel free to create your own…at www.BlendJet.com. 

You can find us at Techstination.com.   I’m Fred Fishkin.

Santa has returned to GM OnStar once again! And they'll be tracking him on Christmas Eve. He's on the OnStar Guardian app too. OnStar's Bryan Steele chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. More last minute gift ideas… this time, smart home gear. Lutron’s Caseta line uses a hub to reduce the burden on your home WiFi and increase reliability at the same time. There are smartly designed switches…even plugs for indoors or out…that can be controlled also by an app, the company’s Pico remote…or by voice…Alexa, Google or Siri. The Caseta Wireless Smart Lighting Kit sells for about a hundred dollars. Meanwhile, Wyze is a company that has made a name selling a variety of smart home gear including cameras at affordable prices. We’ve found the Wyze Video Doorbell v2 to be impressive… …and it sells for just 40 dollars. On the high end….is the 399 dollar Plug In Home Control Panel from Brilliant. It is sleek and smart…and features Alexa built in. We’ll have more on Brilliant in the weeks to come.

You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.

A digital personalized fitness coach? That's what French startup AI Bright has created with AI MOOV. And another startup, OCHY AI, has created an app to analyze your running form to prevent injuries and improve performance. CEO Khaldon Evans and AI Bright CEO Ouael Mouelhi chat with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.    Miko Mini is the latest smart, interactive learning robot for kids.    It is also fun with dancing, jokes and more.    CEO and co-founder Sneh Vaswani…says it is designed to grow with children and give parents reports on how kids are progressing…

“What Miko does is it talks to you, it plays with you, it interacts with you, it learns from you.  And throughout this journey, based on the engagement, it is able to recommend new experiences to the child.  There are apps on Miko.  It could be an interactive story telling experience, it could be a conversational experience, it could be a game.”

We’ve seen Miko Mini selling for as little as 99 dollars during the season.     There is a subscription for content….which is optional.   Find more at www.miko.ai.

You can find us at Techstination.com.   I’m Fred Fishkin.

A family tree for family gatherings? Ancestry.com makes it easy to get started for free and can help to grow your tree through DNA and more. How? Corporate Genealogist Crista Cowan chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

The top search trends of 2023? From news, to people, books and entertainment Google has been keeping lists. Search trends expert Sarah Armstrong chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. The Tonie Box has been one of the few gifts that we’ve found kids don’t get tired of. There’s no screen involved…it uses toy figurines placed on top of the box to launch stories and music …even stories parents, kids or grandparents can record themselves. And the line up keeps growing…with Meryl Streep reading the Velveteen Rabbit and more. Marketing Director Drew Vernon..says also new is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…

“So we have an ongoing partnership with Roald Dahl and now we are launching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in time for the Wonka prequel. So this is actually the full, unabridged version of the classic story.”

There are many more to choose from. The Tonie Box is rechargeable, can be used with headphones and is great to travel with. www.Tonies.com for more info.

You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.