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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  A Finnish company that had its origin in making galoshes,  is in the forefront of innovation in tires.  Nokian Tyres prides itself in using sustainable materials ..and in opening a new factory in Tennessee.  Marketing Communications Manager Wes Boling…

“So the secret sauce for any tire company and particularly for us is in the compound…it’s in what’s in that rubber.  So Nokian tires was the first company to eliminate harmful oils from those tire ingredients which means we’re one of the most sustainable tire companies in the industry as ranked by independent panels.”

Nokian also makes use of bulletproof Aramid fiber…or Kevlar…to make tires tougher…and their minimized rolling resistance can increase the range of electric vehicles.  Find more at www.Nokiantires.com.

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

Tracking your sleep, heart rate and snoring without a wearable: Withings Sleep.  Product Manager Varound Sanath chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The digital health innovations at Withings continue.  The coming Scan Watch goes beyond the Move ECG…designed to provide instant AFib notifications and more.  Global Content Director Susie Felber says it can help to detect sleep apnea as well…

“This is a watch that is checking your oxygen saturation as you sleep and your rate to see if it can identify your sleep apnea risk and alert you when you wake up to all your info in the app.”

Withings is awaiting FDA clearance for the watch.  It will work…like the company’s other products…including connected scales and blood pressure monitors…with the HealthMate app.  Find more at www.withings.com.

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

Celestron StarSense Explorer telescopes make astronomy easier for all: CEO Corey Lee in Techstination interview.  

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Those Super Bowl commercials…that advertisers spent a fortune on…. live on.  Whether you enjoyed Hyundai’s Smart Park ad…or Amazon’s life before Alexa spot…tech was everywhere during the Super Bowl commercials.  Even most of those macho car commercials focused on new electric vehicles.  And Google is keeping them available on www.YouTube.com/Adblitz.  YouTube VP Tara Walpert Levy…says many advertisers have found it worthwhile to put ads online even ahead of the Super Bowl…

“They get to build some momentum and you see some folks have evolved to a strategy of the launch teaser ads.  We have seen that that is useful for capturing attention and then driving awareness and consideration after that.”

The site again is www.youtube.com/adblitz.

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

Alex Roy's journey from Apex: The Secret Race Across America to autonomy advocate.  Alex chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Bringing back memories for a Valentine…photos or even faded letters…can be a great gift and Vivid-Pix software can make it simple.  Load an image into the Windows or Mac application and Vivid-Pix Restore uses artificial intelligence to bring back colors and clarity.  Co-founder and CEO Rick Voight…

“We’re able to identify where the color balances have gone out of sync and we push in the colors in order to make them come into balance.  And that’s done automatically."

Restore lets you select which of nine corrected images you prefer.   I’ve used it and put a copy in the hands of an old friend…a former pro athlete ..with a scrapbook a mile high.   You can try it for free…even print out a Valentine’s Day card.  Head to www.Vivid-Pix.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.  Anker is out with some unique new accessories for mobile devices.  The iPhone 11 Pro has become the go to mobile device for serious and some not so serious photographers.  Anker is now out with an external iPhone LED Flash that works with the 11 and 11 Pro.  It is a cube with a detachable diffuser…that adds a lot more brightness and sells for about fifty dollars.  Also new…a portable conference speaker…the Anker PowerConf…that connects via Bluetooth…features great sound….and the rechargeable battery can even charge other devices.  Nicely done for conferencing anywhere.  And the company’s SoundCore brand is out with the Flare 2 360 degree Bluetooth speaker that is waterproof, features a light ring that keeps up with the beat….and will play for up to 12 hours on a charge.

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