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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.        OtO is the name of a smart watering system for your lawn or garden that is powered by a built in solar panel.   It can also automatically mix in nutrients or other solutions that the company sells.  A single OtO can cover up to 28 hundred square feet and is priced at about 340 dollars.   We found set up to be simple…attach a hose…set up WiFi and then an app lets you control where the water is delivered and when.  CEO Ali Sabti says …the connectivity is important here..

“So it’s going to be looking at the rain, wind, all of those different weather parameters and making judgements about how much water to put down and when to put it down.”

The one down side is…this is more of a stream of water than a spray …but there are work arounds since you can pinpoint the stream.   Find more at www.oto.lawn.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.      Around the house innovations.  AirHood is the name of a company that has designed a clever portable exhaust fan for cooking.   It pulls in smoke, fumes and has a filter for grease as well.   It is handy to use with portable burners..or maybe in RVs and there are even models that work on rechargeable batteries.    It sits alongside the cooking area and features an activated charcoal filter.   The price..about 160 dollars.   Find more at www.airhood.com.   Another interesting innovation comes from Fold-N-Pack.   It has developed a Smart Hanger with a mechanism to make it easy to fold a shirt to fit in a carry on bag…without removing it from the hanger.   The price …about 20 dollars at www.foldnpack.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.     What can VR do to help when it comes to learning subjects like math and science?   Plenty.   Anurupa Ganguly has been a leader when it comes to bringing technology into education…and has created Prisms VR….creating a new way to reach and teach students…using VR headsets such as the Meta Quest 2…with partners like T-Mobile to provide help and connectivity where needed…

“So what VR does is it scales problem based learning  and it makes it very doable.  A teacher’s being able to come in, activate a quick conversation,  put your headset on  and be transported to a world with all the tools that you need,  it just allows a much more scalable and doable instructional model.”

It’s available for the home too at PrismsVR.com…recommended for students 13 and up.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.    Unlocking doors for others.   The founder and CEO of BenjiLock, Robbie Cabral, is an entrepreneur with a heart.    Nine years ago, after being laid off from his job on the same day his daughter was born, Cabral came up with an idea while at the gym.   He got to work on his plan for a fingerprint lock that also had a key…wound up on Shark Tank…and made a deal with Kevin O’Leary.  While he is continuing the innovations…there’s a new deal with TKL for fingerprint lock enabled musical instrument cases…Cabral has been giving back…helping other startups at CES and more..

“Cause I’m always learning.  I’m still learning today, I’m still going through the journey, but I always love to give back to companies that are up and coming because they’re going to go through the same hurdles.”

Robbie Cabral.  Find more at www.BenjiLock.com.

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

The EcoZoom Versa from BioLite lets you cook with wood or charcoal in the yard, at campsites or anywhere in the outdoors. And BioLite has more innovation when it comes to energy and solar. Marketing VP Erica Rosen chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.  A throwback…maybe for Father’s Day.    Schylling is out with a new line of Lava Lamps, that can transport perhaps a grandpa back to the 60s or 70s.   It was invented sixty years ago by British accountant Edward Craven Walker…and the latest designs remain true to the history…still using an incandescent bulb as a heat source keep the waxy blob moving.   Schylling VP of of product design Bryan Katzel..

“Our Flowback or throwback series for the seventies contains three lamps.  The Disco Fever,  the Groovy Gradient, the last one is the Vinyl Record.”

Lots of fun, not to mention mesmerizing.  and they are priced at about forty dollars.   You can find the designs at www.Lavalamp.com.   They even have the option to design your own.

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

Bird Buddy raises 1.4 million dollars in four hours on Kickstarter for Smart Hummingbird Feeder and Smart Bird Bath. CEO Franci Zidar tells Techstination's Fred Fishkin there is more back to nature innovation to come.