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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  You already know that sitting at a desk all day isn’t very good for your body or your mind.  We’ve talked about some of the very worthwhile ergonomic products from Kensington…like the SmartFit Easy Riser Go…for notebooks.  But if you want to take standing at your desk to the next level…FluidStance has an impressively designed balance boards…that can burn calories…and improve your balance.  Founder Joel Heath…

“It has a concurve base that creates a little bit of instability underneath your feet…so it keeps you on your toes.  So those fine twitch muscles that are used to keep you upright have to maintain an active presence.”

I’ve become a fan…and it can give new meaning to the phrase Web surfing.  There’s even a model for kids with pricing that starts at 99 dollars.  Head to www.fluidstance.com for more.

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.  Spaces USA is a company that specializes in parking….and these days it’s technology can help you find and pay for parking contact free.  The company works with Waze, Google Maps and Apple Maps  Executive Chairman Jerry Skillett says…

“That’s when the magic happens with our technology.  From your mobile phone, then, you can navigate, you can enter the parking facility, park,  pay and exit all using your phone. “ So you enter your payment information in there as well so you can make payments for parking? “Correct.  And so you can access any parking facilities gate system.”

Spaces USA has partnered with some leading parking garage operators around the country to enable the technology.  And more are on the way.

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

Logitech sees continuing growth for video conferencing gear: Simon Dudley in Techstination interview.

Sphero Mini Activity Kit challenging fun for kids: Amanda Vaden, communications manager, chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.       Matterport calls itself a spatial data company….and the app it has created for iOS is pretty cool.    It’s called Matterport Capture and it can use an iPhone or iPad to create a 3D environment that you can virtually move through and share.   The kind you sometimes see on museum or real estate sites….but the app makes it easy and affordable…and you don’t need to invest in a 360 camera.   VP of Product Damien Leostic…

“We are within reach of millions and millions of folks out there that have that iPhone or that iPad and that can start the journey with Matterport at pretty much no cost.  And what a beautiful way to get started with no effort.  You can just download an app and get going.”

You can get started for free…check out www.matterport.com for more.

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

Crayola Color Camera app turns photos into coloring pages plus new colors of the world.   Crayola's Erika Merklinger chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The comet Neowise has been putting on a show in the night skies this month….and it is easy to come away with some fun photos..no telescope necessary.  Princeton University Professor and astrophotographer Bob Vanderbei…says what you need is a camera and a tripod…

“The tripod has to be nice and sturdy and stable.  And then you take a ten second exposure…and I took several.  I took more than a hundred I think over the course of twenty minutes.  And then figure out which one’s the best.  That’s one of the tricks of the trade.”

You can check out a video version of our interview …complete with some of Bob’s spectacular images….on our Web site.  And head to Vanderbei.princeton.edu/images for more.  Bob by the way, is co author of the National Geographic book Sizing Up the Universe.

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

Urbanista aims for quality and affordability in audio products: CEO Anders Andreen in Techstination interview.