The entrepreneur behind Shine automated, connected toilet cleaning: Chris Herbert chats with Techstination.

Internet communications pioneer Jeff Pulver tackling video chat security with Debrief.  Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Helm Audio is showing its appreciation to first responders by offering a steep fifty percent discount on its True Wireless 5 earphones…featuring great sound and battery life and a distinctive diamond cut design.  The company is using the ID.me platform for verification of first responder status.  You can find information at www.helmaudio.com.  CEO Eric Johnson has also announced a triple driver sports band…with 25 hours of battery life…

“It rests right on your shoulders you can just pop them up into your ears and if you don’t want them to be wearing them you can take them down, they clasp together.”

Also arriving soon the DB 12 Amp…the world’s smallest THX linear amplifier…and a new MQA DAC digital to analog converter.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  For high school students preparing to hopefully enter college in the fall…making decisions about which school to attend has been complicated by Covid-19.  They would typically be visiting campuses and talking with student ambassadors during the process.  A company called Unibuddy has been working with schools around the world to enable virtual visits.  CEO Diego Fanara says that student to student contact is vital…

“So I can ask all my questions that potentially I wouldn’t be comfortable asking to an administrator.  And I can also read blogs, see pictures and then through my app I can have back and forth conversation.  Or the institution can set up group chats.”

You can find more about the schools offering the service at www.unibuddy.com.

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

Cars & the Coronavirus. Autotrader assists dealers, buyers, car owners.  Executive Editor Brian Moody chats with Techstination.

IBM offers free tech skills education platform for students, workers: Cliff Archey, Senior Program Manager of Education, chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The home health technology company Brondell is reporting greatly increased demand for products in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis.  Communications Director Daniel Lalley says air purifiers and water purifiers are being installed in many homes…but the largest increase in sales has been in the company’s bidet line….with some models completely eliminating the need for toilet paper…

“When you get one of these seats with a warm air dryer you can cut your toilet paper use by a hundred percent.  We have a lot of different models for as low as 249, 269.”

While no specific claims are made about Covid-19 when it comes to the True Hepa air purifiers…they are designed to remove 99.9 percent of viruses and more.  The company offers our listeners a 15 percent discount with the code Fred15 at www.brondell.com.

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

Ancestry assisting at homes begin family tree research: Genealogist Crista Cowan chats with Techstination.

8X8 making video conferencing more secure: Chairman & CTO Bryan Martin in Techstination interview.