Xplora brings X5 smartwatch for kids to U.S. market: CEO Sten Kirkbak chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  BlendJet is following up on the wild success of the original, portable, USB rechargeable blender…with the BlendJet 2.0.  It uses USB C for charging, has greater capacity, and a lot more power…able to blend ice, frozen fruit and more.  Founder Ryan Pamplin…

“We have created big blender power on the go.  And the way we do that is actually through what we call TurboJet technology.  So inside of the blender, there’s a blade.  And the blade is actually not in the center, it’s offset.”

Pamplin says he came up with the idea following a life threatening accident and his dependence on blended nutrition.  And he says it wasn’t about making money.. it is about improving health.  The site is www.blendjet.com  and if you buy use the code Techstionation10 for a ten percent discount.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Making it easier for older family members who may be feeling more isolated and lonely especially these days… to socially engage via video chat is the goal of OneClick.chat.  CEO and Founder Dillon Myers says with a single subscription…family members and friends can gather online…with no software download needed…

“They never have to download any applications…they never have to jump through a lot of hoops.  We’ve really minimized the steps and simplified it because we’re really designing for an older audience that isn’t necessarily tech savvy.”

Pricing is 15 dollars a month for unlimited meetings….and you can try it for free.  There are also communities online where older adults can find people to chat with who have similar interests.  The site for more info is www.OneClick.chat.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  A lot of us could use more computing storage…especially since so many are working from notebook computers these days.  And the latest MyPassport SSDs from Western Digital are amazingly small and stylish solutions.  They are credit card sized…about a quarter inch thick…and super lightweight…with capacities ranging from half a terabyte to two terabytes.  They also come in colors… with anodized aluminum top covers.  About the speed… senior product marketing manager Cat Pham tells us…

“Compared to our previous model we’ve nearly doubled the performance with 1050 megabytes per second read speeds and up to a thousand megabytes per second write speeds.”

Impressive.  The new MyPasssport SSDs come with a USB C capable with a standard USB adapter and work out of the box with PCs and Macs

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The latest Bluetooth item finder from Chipolo isn’t focused on new technology or features….the Chipolo One Ocean Edition is special because the first rate tracking device is made from fishing nets collected near ocean shorelines.  Chief Marketing Officer Nika Kramzar…

“Because of the sunlight, the fishing nets that are made from nylon degrade into micro plastic so that fish and other animals eat them.  This is how the plastic enters the food chain as well.”

With a two year battery life…that is also user replaceable…and no subscription charges for added app features…the Chipolo One is a smart way to help you find wallets, pocketbooks, keys and much more.  The new Ocean Edition sells for about 30 dollars.  A dollar from each sale is going to ocean clean up efforts as well.

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

Google brings richer experiences with Nest Audio Speaker and Chromecast with Google TV.   Google's Brianna LaFleur chats with Techstination.

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.  IBM Research  is once again talking about groundbreaking tech innovations that may transform the world over the next five years.  VP Solomon Assefa says super computing will accelerate the discovery of treatments for life threatening viruses… will help to develop new battery and energy storage technology….and even capture and transform harmful CO2 emissions…

“We have technology, such as AI, quantum computers and massive amounts of data that will accelerate the discovery of materials that will fundamentally change how we approach these problems.”

Other innovations being predicted…the development of new, more environmentally friendly fertilizers to help feed the world…and the creation of new, more sustainable computing components.

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