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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  For many of us… the pandemic has meant it has been more difficult to get all the exercise we need.  A company called Stealth Body Fitness has created a fun way to merge phone based video games with planking.  And the Plankster does deliver a workout.  Founder Howard Panes designed a solidly made platform…that essentially acts as a controller for the Stealth games…some basic…and more through a premium subscription..

“And you just hit it and you’re gaming with your core.  Basically your body become the control of the game.  It uses the accelerometers of the phone and while you move the board…it moves the phone and you’re playing games.  You’re playing games, you’re working your whole body, you’re working all your core muscles.”

Clever and effective.  You can find more info at www.stealthbodyfitness.com.

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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  A gadget that can assist in making telemedicine more effective.   Holland Healthcare founder Jennifer Holland has developed the TelScope…a device that attaches to a phone or tablet that pairs with an app to allow examinations from home of the throat or mouth….

“You click on the Telscope app and it opens up.  You can examine the person or the patient or the child in front of you with the actual device.  Inside the mouth…so you can depress the tongue and whilst you’re doing that you can capture the image with the TelScope app.”

Holland is an inventor and mom and you can find the TelScope …if you hurry…on Indiegogo.  And there’s more at www.throatscope.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  This sure isn’t your typical Memorial Day weekend.  Far fewer of us are on the road than would normally be the case.  And the folks at Google have some suggestions for virtual travel…places you can enjoy…without leaving the house.  Google’s Justin Burr…

“We’ve seen huge spikes in things like The Louvre virtual tour, Smithsonian virtual tour, Disney virtual tour, Yellowstone virtual tour…more than five thousand percent in the past two months in the United States across all these different categories of people trying to still get their travel fix while doing it from home.”

For many…it’s what we have to settle for…for now.  In some cases musicians and artists are getting closer to fans with online events and concerts.  You can get links to tours and more at www.artsandculture.google.com .

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

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.  ZQuiet is a company that has focused on helping you and those close to you get a better night’s sleep.  The latest product is the Quiet On Sleep Earbuds featuring noise cancellation developed in Finland.  They aren’t designed for music…no Bluetooth connections….just for quiet.  Co-founder Dan Webster…

“ The idea was to make them ultra compact so they fit in the ear because obviously if you’re using them when you’re sleeping pillow comfort is a big concern.  They’re truly designed only as a active noise cancelling device.  So there’s no Bluetooth, you don’t need a smartphone to use them.”

And they are tuned to eliminate the low frequency sounds of snoring…and the push of a button can turn the active noise cancelling off.  Nicely done.  Fine more at www.ZQuiet.com.

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

Google offers some virtual travel ideas for Memorial Day weekend.   Google technologist Justin Burr chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The National Institutes of Health calls it Reminiscence Therapy…the discussion of past activities and often the use of photographs to help with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.  And there is evidence that browsing through photographs can help when it comes to the stress and loneliness many people have been experiencing.  Vivid-Pix…a company that has created easy to use software using AI to help restore photos…has discounted the software and has offered free and low cost classes.  CEO Rick Voight…

“In this time when we are lonely, we wish we were spending more time with our loved ones, the ability for us to use photographs to put ourselves in a better state of mind is quite impactful.”

Find more at www.vivid-pix.com/reminisce.

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