ClinCapture aims to enable faster and fairer clinical trials through technology and software.  More important today than ever.   How?    CEO Scott Weidley chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  T-Mobile partnering with Hasbro?  It isn’t the first time this kind of thing has been done…think Hess Trucks which are still going strong.  This partnership has created a special T-Mobile Lite Brite edition which has been selling for about twenty dollars…

“What we’ve done now is update it with, for the first time ever, magenta colored pegs.  And we’ve included templates…some are T-Mobile specific…and you can also download templates from our Web site.”

T-Mobile’s Steve Carlson.  The idea is to promote the company’s 5G service.  There are the standard Lite Brite pegs as well…which kids, even in this digital age, can still have hours of fun with.  Find more at www.tmobile.com/5GLiteBrite.

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

It has Alexa built in along with six full power USB charging ports.  The smart and upgradeable Sandman Doppler Smart Clock from Palo Alto Innovation makes for a very useful nightstand companion.   The features?  Founder and CEO Alex Tramiel chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Jooki is the name of a screen free digital music and story box for kids.  It is splash proof and rugged…and allows parents to upload content via an app… or Jooki can connect to streaming services like Spotify as well.  The selections are made by the kids placing tokens or figurines on the Jooki speaker.  CEO Christine Brendle…says parents can add any MP3 file as well…

“So if you have a collection of CDs or if you make your own recording you can upload that to your Jooki and your child will be able to decide to trigger that playlist, any time the token or the figurine associated with this playlist is placed on Jooki.”

Smart, fun and empowering for kids.  Pricing starts at 113 dollars for a player with two tokensThe site is www.jooki.rocks.

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

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.  Extending the life of an older computer….or improving the usefulness of a new one….has been the name of the game for OWC ever since the company was created by founder Larry O’Connor when he was a teen.  Now the company is out with the Mercury Elite Pro Mini….a versatile line of external SSDs….available with or without drives in configurations up to 4 terabytes.  O’Connor says consumers should buy big internal drives….but also invest in external storage..

“For even your photo library, certainly back-up, extra storage, being able to do that externally is a huge… not just a huge money saver …it’s a huge time saver.”

When it comes to moving data from computer to computer whether we’re talking Macs and PCs and more..  Head to www.OWC.com for more.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  An e-bike that can replace a second car?  Yuba Bikes has been building cargo bikes for years and the latest e-bike versions are solid and strong and come with lots of versatility.  They aren’t small and light…and you’ll need a specialized bike carrier if you are planning to transport them…at least many models.  But some like the Spicy Curry can transport two adults…or an adult and two children…and still have room to carry a couple of bags of groceries.  President Pat Cunnane..

“So we have seats for children.  We also have pads for slightly older children.  There are boards where the kids can rest their feet.  And then they easily convert to being able to carry whatever you want.”

The Yuba Bikes have pedal assist motors…so you’ll still get the health benefits and the accessory range offered by Yuba is great.  In the right environment…you really can ditch that second car in favor of a bike.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The fun folks behind Toniebox continue to add entertainment and value to the portable speaker that allows kids to control what is playing by putting figurines and new blocks on top.  The number of Tonies available through licensing deals …including Disney and Sesame Street makes the Toniebox a great investment.   And Creative Tonies let parents or grandparents read stories or sing songs that kids can play at will.  And the new Tonie Blocks bring new educational content.  Marketing Manager Drew Vernon…

“These blocks work exactly like Tonies but they’re wooden and they’re all the same shape, just kind of decorated differently.  But we’ve put educational content on here so we’ve launched with four different categories.”

Such as Marine Life and Inventions.  Find them at Toniebox.com.

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