Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  It is in a wide range of products…from batteries to cold remedies and tanning lotions.  Zinc is seemingly everywhere….and EverZinc, a world leader in zinc recycling…says more can be done.  CEO Vincent Dujardin..

“Zinc is recycled at a level of close to fifty percent today, worldwide.  What’s nice with zinc is zinc can be reused and reused and reused.  So that’s what we do at EverZinc.  At EverZinc, we are recycling more than fifty percent, so more than fifty percent of our raw metal today, it’s zinc that has already been used in other processes like galvanizing, batteries.”

And the less mining of zinc needed….the better it is for us all.  There’s much more to learn at www.EverZinc.com.

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What's different about the new TVs & soundbars from Vizio?  The company's John Schindler and Todd Baker join Techstination's Fred Fishkin for a look at latest including the M-Series Quantum X TVs and the M-Series Elevate soundbar.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Just in time for back to school…are we really saying that already… Apple is out with a new MacBook Air.  It features the company’s new M2 chip…and is available in two colors… Starlight and Midnight.  The M2 chip, Apple says, is 18 percent faster than the previous M1….and graphics get a 35 percent boost.  Other features….  There’s a 13.6 inch display,  a 1080p camera, a couple of Thunderbolt 3 ports and a standard headphone jack.  While the starting price is about 12 hundred dollars…that rises with memory and storage options.  You can get it with up to a 2 TB SSD.  For more info…of course…the site is www.apple.com.

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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Energy management and EVs.  Emporia Energy’s EV Charging Station is a level 2 electric vehicle charger…designed for connectivity featuring WiFi and Bluetooth.   If you have solar panels,  the charger can be paired with Emporia gear to automatically charge  only when you are producing excess solar.  And the Emporia app makes it smart.  CEO and founder Shawn McLaughlin..

“We really believe in driving an exceptional consumer value proposition… which includes customer service, user experience and price.  And this will really become evident when you look at our electric vehicle charger.  It’s a level 2, 24 foot cable, EV charger, so right along the top of the line specs which you’ll see out there.”

And it is priced at about 450 dollars.  And the styling is great too.  Find more at www.emporiaenergy.com.

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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 latest innovation from GoSun…is pretty big…and at the same time relatively small.  The GoSun Camp365….is a small RV that unfolds…is packed with solar panels and other off grid technology…and says CEO Patrick Sherwin….can be towed by almost any kind of vehicle….

“And when you get to camp, you set it up on kind of any surface…it could be an unlevel surface…the legs dispatch to control the self levelling.  And then the cabin is about 100 square foot, 700 cubic feet, and it’s complete with all of the appliances that you need to thrive in comfort while you’re off grid.”

GoSun appliances, which are great performers.  Head to www.gosun.co for more.

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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  He is a physicist and academic researcher….and a leading author of science books for kids.  And with titles like Quantum Physics for Babies….Chris Ferrie knows how to get our attention.  He has more than fifty books out…including Astro=Physics for Babies and General Relativity for Babies.  Ferrie explains..

“People are afraid of these topics.  They think it’s too complicated for them.  And if it’s too complicated for them then they’re definitely not going to take the responsibility of having to teach it to their own kids.  So what I wanted to do was bring what seems like the most complicated and esoteric topics and just show that these aren’t so difficult.”

The books of course…are very basic…but can introduce kids to words and concepts early on.

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