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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The fun and learning continue at Sphero….the little robotics toy company that is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year.  The company’s round robots…have been used in classrooms for years now…and have been lots of fun at home too.  What’s new is the Sphero Mini Activity Kit….that let’s you create obstacle courses right out of the box.  You can program Sphero with an app…

“But no coding is really needed because you can drive the Sphero Mini  with no need to learn how to code right in the Sphero Play app.  And then you can work your way up to actually learning block based coding or even up to Javascript in the Sphero EDU app.”

Sphero’s Amanda Vaden who says don’t look now….but there is an even bigger kit on the way soon.  Find more at www.sphero.com.

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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  There’s some clever engineering behind Decathlon’s new 2 Seconds Easy Tent.  It is unlike the pop up tents that spring open when taken out of a bag.  What Decathlon has done was use two handles ...that get pulled…and just like that…you have a two person tent ready to be staked down.  With the push of two buttons….it collapses just as easily.  Product manager Fabien Marescaux..

“You can imagine two umbrellas facing one to each other and to open and close the umbrellas, if you want to open…you just pull on the rope and if you want to close the umbrella, you push on a button.

Fabien spoke to us from Decathlon’s design facility in Chamonix, France.  The 2 Second Easy Tent lives up to its name and….features black out fabric as well to help you get a good night’s sleep.  For more head to www.Decathlon.com.

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