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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Have you ever sat in your car and thought to yourself, why is this control here…instead of over there. Or maybe there’s a feature in your car that you really like. Well, beginning with more than 300 thousand vehicles getting over the air updates, Ford is providing drivers with a direct pipeline to its engineers. The feature is called Record Feedback. Power Unit Quality Supervisor Jason Griffin..says it works with the touch screen display…

“ What is really is nice is when you press the button, a voice prompt will come over and it will say tell us any likes, dislikes or other experiences that you’re having with your vehicle.”

Your comments get recorded…and when you hit send…they are routed to the engineering department at Ford along with any relevant data in the car’s computer. Sounds pretty smart and a good move when it comes to customer care.

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

What are some of the hottest tech gifts this holiday season? There are some surprises. The Consumer Technology Association's Jim Fellinger joins Techstination's Fred Fishkin for a chat.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. What’s going on in the kitchen and holiday gift giving are top of mind in many households this week. And a new book from America’s Test Kitchen titled Kitchen Gear, The Ultimate Owner’s Manual is great as a gift and on your kitchen bookshelf. Co-author’s Hannah Crowley and Lisa McManus outline what every kitchen needs…the best brands to buy…and more. You can watch our full interview with Hannah online..

“Everybody needs a certain number of things. Everybody needs these ten items say, for example, and then you really have to build based on your personality and what you want to cook. So something that’s superfluous to one person could be a core item for someone else.”

Lots of insights and some tasty recipes too. Some great tips for pizza making at home are in there. The title again.. Kitchen Gear, The Ultimate Owner’s Manual.

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

What are some of the hottest toys for the holiday season. Chris Byrne, aka The Toy Guy, joins Techstination's Fred Fishkin for a look.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. With awards from Time magazine, Good Housekeeping and toy industry accolades as well, WowWee has one of the biggest winners this holiday season with the Dog-E robotic dogs. They are fun….and unique… in fact each one is unique. VP Andrew Yanofsky…

“So you never really know which personality, which shape eyes, lights, colors, sounds that your Dog-E is going to have when you open it for the first time. And talks with his tail.”

As it wags…lights can spell out words…or display symbols like hearts. Dog-E can work with an app to expand the appeal…but for younger kids, no app is needed. The price …we’ve seen Dog-E for under 70 dollars. Check out our video interview online for a better look.

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

Miko Mini is the latest interactive, learning robot for kids from Miko. It is designed for fun and social interaction. How? Co-founder and CEO Sneh Vaswani chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin about that and how the company handles privacy and safety.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Connectivity everywhere and without hassles. That’s what MobileWare is creating with intelligent eSim technology. For instance…an RV driving pretty much anywhere could stay connected picking the strongest carrier signal available. CEO Steve Higgins says it is being built into some Forest River RVs now…..

“As a consumer..when it goes to the lot and they buy that new RV, they can go to our Web site and portal, scan the QR code and sign up for a subscription for services that they want. It can be anything from a certain amount of allotment of data per month or to unlimited data with a certain level of speed that they want. So we give them all of that flexibility.”

And the tech is being used by corporate customers as well…who need uninterrupted connectivity around the world. There’s more info at mobilewareus.com.

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

Qi2 wireless charging standard arriving to end Apple/Android differences. And wait until you see what the Ki wireless power will bring to kitchens. Wireless Power Consortium executive director Paul Struhsaker chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Making fitness fun at any age. Ludica Health is out with Ludo Fit…an app designed for PCs, Macs and iPads….that is targeted to older adults. CEO Mark Evin says it uses the built in Web cam….and AI technology….in exercise games targeted to the individual…emulating motions for things like skiing, rock climbing and more..

“And it tracks all of the joints on your body so this is really high end motion sensing but with any device. So you stand in front of your device and it’s tracking all your motions and giving you feedback. And as you move you’re going to see your avatar move on the screen.”

You can try it for two weeks for free…no credit card needed….after that…subscriptions are about eight dollars a month. The site is ludo.fit.

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