Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Using technology that originated at a toy company…to combat loneliness and isolation…especially for seniors.  Ageless Innovation’s founder and CEO Ted Fischer came from Hasbro..and wound up acquiring the Joy for All brand of animatronic pets.  Furry dogs and cats that bark and purr…and have sensors for sound, motion and touch.  And it turns out…they can be life changing for many older people …..

“We now have hundreds of thousands of adoptions.  So as opposed to myself or my team telling you how great we think the product is, we refer to those who are actually being impacted.  And that’s both the older adults that it’s intended for, but also their caregivers and family members who are seeing great benefit.”

There is great attention to detail.  The price…about 130 dollars.  For more visit www.joyforall.com.

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

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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.  In the midst of a pandemic….dire predictions about climate change…and an upcoming divisive election…out comes a book titled The End of Everything.  But there is a subtitle… Astophysically Speaking.  And the author, theoretical astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack…with surprising wit and humor….explains a variety of end of the universe scenarios..

“I wanted to sort of share some of these interesting scenarios because I think there are a lot of books out there about the beginning of the universe…and there are very few about the end.  And I think that people are just as curious about our ultimate fate as they are about our origins.”

Dr. Mack’s style makes the book a fascinating…and yes…even fun…read.  The End of Everything (astrophysically speaking).  Find more at www.astrokatie.com.

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

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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  While more and more 5G mobile phones are arriving….the potential for the high speed network holds promise for a new generation of connected home devices and wearables.  The big Accenture consulting firm is out with a report titled the Future Home in the 5G Era and the company’s global 5G lead, Jefferson Wang, says…

“You’re starting to see more head mounted displays.  As we bring compute power closer to you, that becomes more valuable.  So you’ll see more of these wearables come into play and we’re starting to see many more devices connected around us.  So an Internet of everything, if you will.”

There are differences in 5G networks…with different flavors having their own advantages and disadvantages.  There is more info at www.accenture.com/5GFutureHome.  You can find us at Techstination.com.  I’m Fred Fishkin.