Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Using AI to analyze handwritten census data faster than ever before.  That is what Ancestry is doing.  It has developed new, proprietary handwriting recognition technology using AI…and is employing it to make information on the newly released 1950 U.S. Census available and searchable for free.  Azadeh Moghtaderi is Ancestry’s VP of Data Science and Analytics..and she says the handwritten records are available now and the searchable  data will be coming out state by state…

“There are a lot of people who have been waiting minutes and seconds..to really get their hands on these records.  Now we’re going to be able to make them searchable by different fields.  Like you have the name and last name and occupation and age and gender.”

You can check it out at www.ancestry.com/1950census.

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

The Anker 757 PowerHouse is the company's biggest, most powerful battery to date...yet can be charged to 80 percent in an hour.  For emergencies or the outdoors it's designed to deliver power where it is needed and is ready for solar charging.   Anker's Adam Weissman chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  A disc shaped solution for better video conferencing sound and more.  SPACE from beyerdynamic is a smartly designed portable wired or wireless speakerphone that nicely doubles as a good sounding Bluetooth speaker for music as well.  In fact…two units can be paired for   stereo.  For video and audio conferencing sessions SPACE can adjust your microphone volume automatically…and with four internal microphones…can work well for multiple participants.  Controls are handily placed on a top ring.  It does a good job of filtering out background noise and eliminating echoes as well.  SPACE is available in charcoal,  Nordic grey or through the beyerdnamic online store…aquamarine as well.  The price… 179 dollars.  Head to www.beyerdynamic.com.

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

What's behind GoPro's stripped down Hero 10 Black Bones camera?    And why you'll want the new Volta versatile tripod battery grip.   VP Rick Loughery chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Allen Hirsch is an artist who needed a better way to hold his phone while painting.   So he unleashed his creativity and the result is a full line up of HANDL phone grips that are unique and even beautiful.   Hirsch takes us around the studio in an interview with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  How many old mobile phones do you have stashed away in drawers collecting dust.  Recycling phones can not only be good for the environment….but it can be helpful to your bank account too.  MCE is a company that provides recycling services through a number of wireless carriers…and President Robert Hackl says the goal is to simplify the process…

“When we look in America…there is 40 percent who have never traded in a phone…and some of them are really not happy with how the trade-in works and some of them even don’t really know.  And we help with somethings which is really easy.  We put technology into the consumer’s hands so that they can actually assess and get a price guarantee for their phone and make trade in much easier.”

A win-win….for consumers,   for the environment…and for those who can’t afford the high prices of many phones.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. One of the things a lot of people have learned in this new age of Zoom and video conferencing…is how important sound can be in connecting with people. PreSonus is making it easier than even to deliver great sound with its USB interface line-up. I’ve really liked the Studio 24c with two XLR mic or instrument jacks in the front, knobs and level meters for accurate control…phantom mic power when needed…all powered by a USB C connection. It sells for under 170 dollars..but comes with the company’s Studio One Artist and Studio Magic software for Macs and PCs. You’ll want decent microphones to go with it. If you’re looking for a budget solution with even better portability…check out the company’s new AudioBox Go…a worthwhile solution if one XLR mic port will do the trick. You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.