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Have a pile of old phones and other electronic devices? To celebrate Earth Day, how about recycling. Apple can help. Senior Manager for Environmental Product Marketing Lauren Braun chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. With a fitting design and lots of power Asus is out with the ProArt GoPro Edition laptop. The idea was to build a high end machine for the many GoPro creators out there. The specs are powerful…with an AMD Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 and 128 gigabytes of unified memory. The Lumina OLED display brings those creations to life as well. Product Manager Eric Krondak…

“ With the collaboration with GoPro and these prosumers who are out there on the go, to have that seamless connectivity with the ProArt line of products makes their life and their story a lot easier.”

They are high end machines, as we said with prices to match. But for GoPro creators.. here is the laptop for you.

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

Soundcore has upped the ante again with the Space 2 headphones designed for comfort and even jet travel. From spatial audio and superb battery life and attractive design, the list of features goes on. More? Soundcore's Adam Weissman chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

It is a whole near category for the team at GoPro- the Mission 1 Series of cameras, including one that takes interchangeable lenses. Questions? GoPro SVP of Global Marketing, Rick Loughery chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin from the show floor at NAB.

Why leave your pet at home? Gyroor is designing scooters that let you take your pet along for the ride. CEO Jason Zhang chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.      Some cool new gadgets for inside and out.   If you are looking for some beautiful, whimsical fun for patio lighting this spring and summer, the Infinity X1 Glass Solar Mushroom Landscape Lights are a great choice.  You’ll find them at many Costco stores and being solar…you won’t need to find an outlet nearby.     For indoors, we’ve been checking out the new ten in one 70 watt clamp on Nano Power Strip from Anker.   The smart design gives you 6 AC outlets… two  above and four below the desk…along with two USB C and 2 USB A outlets.   Silicone pads offer protect the desk from marring and another great feature is the built in surge protection.  There’s a 2 year warranty and the price on Amazon…under 70 dollars.

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

Can tech help Parkinson's symptoms? U :The Mind offers new study and expands trials. CEO and neuroscientist Mohammed Abouelsoud chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   In the midst of distracted driving awareness month, GM Safety Engineer Dan Glaser says so many tragedies on the road today could be prevented.   Among his suggestions…set your navigation, make calls and adjust your settings before driving..

“Just preparing before the drive and then the drive will be a lot more relaxing and safe.  Also I suggest people learn how to use voice in their car, because more and more you’re able to control the vehicle by just talking to it, keeping your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.  And all of these things are going to reduce the need to look away for long periods of time.”

He points out…sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for an average of five seconds….or more than the length of a football field at 55 miles an hour.    The statistics resulting from that today are frightening.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   AI and your health.  We have been running a series of reports with Dr. Robin Blackstone, a surgeon and former global medical director at Johnson and Johnson.  Her new book is Doctor AI: Reimagining Healthcare.  And she talks about Health 4.0… using AI and technology…to shift from reactive medicine …the norm today…to prevention and digital health assistants to help guide us…

“We never have looked at medicine really that way, but once you start to see it, you can’t see anything else.  You can see exactly how chronic disease ends up with the outcomes that it does.  So my thought was, let’s pull up string from rescuing people and start helping people take autonomy over engineering their own health trajectories. ”

Visit RobinBlackstone.com for more.

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

When it comes to saving birds, it isn’t all doom and gloom.   Ornithologist Scott Weidensaul’s new book, The Return of the Oyster Catcher- Saving Birds to Save the Planet, takes readers to places on earth where tides have turned.  And technology is playing a role.   The best selling author chats with Techstination’s Fred Fishkin.