Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Whether it’s in a shared office space….at school…or at home…those computer keyboards and mice can be major carriers of germs and viruses.  But using some common disinfectants on them can sometimes cause damage to the devices.  Kensington is making it easy to determine what is safe and what isn’t by making use of a Wipe Down seal on products such as keyboards, mice, wrist pads and cases.  The company’s Lisa Schuiteboer Shuler..that means they are safe with a variety of sanitizing products..

“And simple things like Clorox Wipes or Lysol disinfectants, rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide…all of those things are covered.”

Not all products have the Wipe Down badge…so it pays to check.  There’s more at www.kensington.com.  You can find useful tips on cleaning that work environment as well.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Anker and its Soundcore brand have jumped into the audio glasses business in a big way with Soundcore Frames.  The sound is delivered through speakers in the arms of the glasses….and is impressive using what the company calls an OpenSurround System.  And there is real innovation in the design that lets you snap the arms into a wide range of frames…sunglasses or clear, blue-light filtering…and you can have prescription lenses made to fit too from other sources.  They turn on when you put them on…and off when they’re removed.  The Frames feature touch and voice controls…and will arrive in stores later this month for about two hundred dollars. Besides music…the Soundcore Frames work well with phone and video calls.  It’s a well thought out implementation of the audio glasses concept.  Find more at www.soundcore.com.

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.  When it comes to outdoor tech innovation, SylvanSport is never standing still.  It has won fans far and wide for the SylvanSport Go camping trailer…compact and full of innovation  and has an all electric motorhome in the works. Even the company’s Cloud Layer sleep system…with a top of the line self inflating mattress and single or double sleeping bag…are full of features that we haven’t seen anywhere else.  CEO Tom Dempsey…

“This sleep system starts with this really generous sleeping bag, it has this nice side baffle.  And that lets you put your knees up and move around at night…just like you would if you were sleeping in your own bed.”

Great for fall camping…or even for holiday guests at home.  The Cloud Layer system is versatile…and very comfortable.  Find more at www.SylvanSport.com.

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

The Oura Ring 3 arrives mid-November bringing new sensors for day-time heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen level, women's health and more.  And a new subscription model.   Product Manager Chris Becherer chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  There are some pretty exciting new features enabled by the Tensor chip arriving in Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones today.  For instance…there’s language translation in real time even when you are offline.  The top notch camera features a first…Real Tone technology to capture better images of people …no matter their skin color.  Google’s Justin Burr says there’s also a Magic Eraser tool…with AI..

“Magic Eraser tool allows you to just use your finger or it actually might suggest ..hey you might want to remove this from the photo…and it uses Google smarts powered by that Tensor chip that we just talked about…and it can seamlessly remove that object.  And it’s like it wasn’t even there in the first place.”

The pricing for the new phones is competitive.  And there are deals from Google and carriers as well. Head to store.google.com for more.

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

Jump-starting electric vehicle charging start-ups is the goal of Mobility Studio, a partnership between Newlab and #Ford's Michigan Central... where Roshni Shokar heads start-up and entrepreneur engagement.   She chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin about the efforts to spur electric vehicle adoption