Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The folks at GoSun have been at it again…with another successful Kickstarter campaign..this time for an on the go coffee maker with portable power.  The GoSun Brew features an integrated  French Press with a 130 watt heater.  It can plug into your car….and one of the company’s solar rechargeable battery packs…including the new GoSun Power 266 watt hour PowerBank.  Founder Patrick Sherwin…

“The way it can work so well is a nice, highly efficient 12 volt heating element built in to the cup, which is borrowed technology from our solar cooking, our hybrid solar oven.  And we run that off of a portable power.”

For outdoors…off grid…or just travel in your car…it is worth checking out.  Search for GoSun Brew on Kickstarter or head to www.gosun.co.

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

Botley 2.0 coding robot for kids from Learning Resources.   Botley "father" Michael Blaustein in Techstination interview.

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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Leading dash cam maker Nextbase is out with a new 4K camera for vehicles that includes great features like image stabilization, enhanced night vision and an extreme weather mode that can produce surprisingly good images in nasty weather conditions. The 622 GW has a three inch touch screen, Alexa voice control and can use what3words for geolocation.  There are flexible add ons for rear or interior cameras too.  Beyond that…Nextbase has added the ability for SOS Alerts…with the camera using your phone to summon help in an emergency.  Marketing VP Jeff Chuh…it will seek your response if sensors detect a crash…and failing a response..

“It will automatically dispatch 911 services, ambulances, to your exact location.”

Potentially lifesaving…and the service is included for the first year.  There’s more at www.nextbase.com.

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

Cool tech toys: The Toy Insider Editor in Chief Marissa DiBartolo chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.    Musicians, journalists and more have known for years about the high quality portable recording gear made by Zoom.  Now the company is out with new products designed just for podcasting.  The new PodTrak P4 is very portable…with four XLR microphone inputs…and independent headphone jacks for each…and will let you add an interview guest via mobile phone.  The P4 can run off of 2 double A batteries..or a USB C power source.  Really flexible.  Product Specialist Samuel Green…

“And there’s also four soundpads where you can load in advertisements or jingles or sound effects that you use during your show..”

You can get it with a mic kit as well.  And now Zoom has added the Podtrak P8 designed with even more studio capabilities.  Both can work as computer interfaces and record onto SD cards as well.  Check out www.ZoomCorp.com for more.

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

New STEM building toys from LukiLab arrive.  Rachel Griffin chats with Techstination.

Resemble AI wants to clone your voice: CEO Zohaib Ahmed in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  IBM has announced the winners of the 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge….which this year focused on development of solutions for Covid-19 issues and climate change.  Chief Technology Officer Daniel Krook says among this years finalists were a mom who created the SchoolListIt app to help families with children learning remotely….the BusinessBuddy app designed to help businesses navigate the maze of getting much needed assistance…the SafeQueue app is designed for social distancing and the grand prize winner was a free app for farmers …

“So the winning team, Agrolly, they’ve created an amazing solution that tied together weather information from The Weather Company data together with information about when to plant crops, how to support them and how to adapt to the changing realities caused by climate change.”

There’s more info on the winners and the program at www.callforcode.org.

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

A canister vacuum that hovers?   With a Silver Micron filter for a new level of safety?   Edmond DiRenna and Barry Schwartz are the guests in this edition Techstination with host Fred Fishkin.