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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The Toy Insider is out with its lists of the hottest toys for this coming holiday season and there is plenty to choose from  when it comes to technology and STEM education.  LeapFrog’s Leapbuilders Abc Smart House is for toddlers,  the Furreal Cubby Curious Bear from Hasbro is for ages 4 and up, Tomy’s Rizmo is for kids who are 6 and up and says Marissa DiBartolo, Toy Insider editor in chief…

“This year we have a lot of really great items on our STEM 10 list.  We try really hard to make sure that it is balanced.  So in addition to concepts like coding and engineering,  kids will also learn some of the basics of physics and scientific principles and properties.  This year one of my favorite things is the Lego Star Wars  Boost Droid Commanders.”

You can find the age appropriate lists and more at www.thetoyinsider.com.

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

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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The UNO Synth from IK Multimedia is a versatile music creation tool that is easy and fun to use…either for beginners or more serious musicians… (sound)   It is compact and can run on batteries or USB power.  Using the free editing software…you can customize the UNO Synth and turn your imagination loose.  IK Multimedia senior product manager Erik Norlander…

“Both the UNO Synth and the UNO Drum have their own editors and the editor is a software application for Mac or PC or for iOS and it lets you edit all of the parameters on screen at one time.”

The price…under two hundred dollars.  There’s more at www.unosynth.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  If you’ve got an older MacBook…that is running out of storage space…the folks at Other World Computing have made upgrades remarkably fast and easy.  We upgraded a 2015 MacBook Pro swapping a 256 gigabyte drive for a 1 terabyte OWC Aura Pro X2 SSD…using OWC’s upgrade kit that included the tools you need and a drive enclosure.  It took just minutes…with the toughest part being holding onto those tiny MacBrook Pro screws.  OWC provides the do it yourself installation videos.  The advantages?  Higher capacity, faster performance…and lower power consumption…which means better battery life.  The 1 terabyte kit sells for 320 dollars…a whole lot less than springing for a new MacBook Pro.  Head to www.OWC.com for more.

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

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