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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.   Solo Stove has made its line of outdoor fire pits more versatile…with an adapter for using pellets to create that roaring fire to sit around…or even to cook on.    The company’s product marketing manager Ty Hancock…

“Really what it allows you to do is have a stoke free, a maintenance free, flame for up to two plus hours if you fill your firepit all the way up with pellets.   So instead of stoking the logs and tending the fire, it’s kind of more of a set and forget type of fire.   And I say forget, hesitantly, because we always recommend people are vigilant around their fires.  But it’s a hands off type of burn.”

SoloStove gear is durable…. with a lifetime warranty on every product.   There more at www.solostove.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.      As the use of generative AI continues to spread, there are some alarm bells going off.    The Radio Television Digital News Association has now issued guidelines for journalists.   CEO Dan Shelley…

“While it does have a place where it might be appropriate in journalism, in no instance, we believe, is it appropriate for use in journalism with a human touch to ensure accuracy, to ensure the right to privacy for vulnerable individuals and a whole host of other issues that still require a human being to make considerations that a machine, or a computer in this case, might not be able to make.”

And the guidelines also highlight the need for transparency with readers, viewers and listeners.  Find more at www.rtdna.org.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.    With Them Front Lines is a game designed by gamers for gamers…with a bit of a twist.   The co-founders of the company, ORE Systems, include military veterans who are telling their stories…and the stories of other veterans as part of the game play.    Managing Partner Shawn Piatz..says the aim is to promote mental health among veterans….

“ The thing we’re doing that’s different from other people is we’re using real characters in real situations.  Our intention is to put into it medical therapeutics.  We have some custom algorithms and wearables that we’re integrating inside of the game, opt in only, that will create a data set for researchers to understand what the triggers are for PTSD and some of the other things veterans suffer from over time.”

And hopefully…be able to help.   Learn more at www.withthem.co.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.   An update from Bird Buddy…maker of a camera equipped smarter bird feeder.  The company hit Kickstarter last week  with both a smart hummingbird feeder and a smart bird bath….and within two hours raised a million dollars, ten times their goal.   CEO Franci Zidar says it uses the same high quality rugged outdoor camera for video and still images..that has won many fans for the original..

“It’s beautiful.  It is exciting.  I think we blew through our goal in the first ten minutes.  This shows the passion, the momentum that’s behind this beautiful hobby…which is backyard birding.  And I think we have a really fortunate place to be a brand in this place kind of crafting the future of that.”

You can find the campaign and order at a discount…and learn more about the original Smart Bird Feeder at www.mybirdbuddy.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.   Ford is bringing more connectivity and over the air updates to the new Ranger mid sized truck line.    Ranger Raptor Marketing Manager Gretchen Sauer…

“So one of the things that we’ve got going on this year in the 2024 Ranger is an embedded 4G LTE modem.  So keeping up with emails, social media, all of that goodness when you’re out on the trails.    We have over the air updates, which are scheduled fixes, little updates that will shoot out to your truck so you can keep it updated, keep it fresh and always up to date on the latest and greatest.  Think of it just like your iPhone.”

Tech also enables Pro Trailer Backup Assist and there’s also an available 360 degree camera.  Storage compartments are well thought out too.   The new Ford Ranger ships late summer.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.       A couple gift ideas for Father’s Day for Dad’s who love to read.      The Heart of the Wild … Dispatches From Landscapes of Wonder, Peril and Hope is a new title from science and nature writer David Quammen.   He worked with a collection of his writings for National Geographic…telling tales of long treks through Africa with explorers like Mike Fay and the wonderous Jane Goodall …who learned how to use duct tape to combat blisters from Quammen..in the Congo…

“Twelve kilometers through the swamp and the forest to get her to this remote place.  She was wearing a cheap pair of plastic market sandals and her feet were torn up by the time we got to the camp.”

The title again… The Heart of the Wild.   Other recommended books .. Adam Gopnik’s The Real Work on the Mystery of Mastery….and Dr. Michael Roizen’s latest…The Great Age Reboot.

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

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