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In just three years, the Ford Heritage Vault has attracted millions of fans around the world. And now the free site is growing? Archives and Heritage Brand Manager Ted Ryan chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin.   If a new PC is in the offing for students or maybe for Dad…the Asus Zenbook Duo offers lots of capability …like two good sized OLED displays and a smart removable Bluetooth keyboard.   The design and engineering ….are pretty amazing…letting you use the two fourteen inch screens in your choice of configurations.  Go vertical or horizontal…or have one screen lying flat.     Product manager Eric Krondak…

“if you don’t want to use the external keyboard, with the swipe of your fingers on the second screen, you can bring up a virtual keyboard.   Or you can utilize the dual screen mode with the extended keyboard and now you have dual screens.”

 Lots of versatility and productivity without having to purchase a second monitor.   We’re impressed.  There’s more at shop.asus.com.

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

How is AI helping investors and financial providers? Pebble Finance CEO Justin Whitehead chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin.   For fans of birds and photography….for Father’s Day …or otherwise…the folks at BirdBuddy are creating a lot of fun and education.   Their Smart Bird Feeder and Smart Hummingbird Feeder are equipped with new and improved high quality HD cameras…that can be charged by the sun and they use AI to recognize visitors.   CEO Franci Zidar..

“And that one has an HDR feature so you can have a lot better images that are a lot better exposed in more harsh lights or low light and so on.  So it’s 2K videos and 4 megapixel photos.”

The entertainment is endless and can produce some surprises.  And for hummingbird lovers, that feeder is a great choice too.   There’s more info at mybirdbuddy.com. 

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

OnScreen's Joy is an AI companion design to assist with older adults and their families enabling caregiving, communication and more. How? CEO Costin Tuculescu chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Consumer trust and AI. What are the biggest concerns and opportunities? IBM Infrastructure Chief Technology Officer Hillery Hunter chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin.   Having just earned a degree as a pre-med student at Georgetown University, Anthony Altobelli is looking forward to a career in medicine.  And he plans to continue his work for CareYaya, that is using the latest technology an AI to offer private caregiving services utilizing thousands of students across the country who are entering medical fields.   The students are paid…and the costs to families and those in need of care are far lower than usual.  And the caregiving from the students, like Anthony, is making all the difference..

“During my time with CareYaya, I’ve had the pleasure to care for three different families and I think one of the biggest things I’ve taken away from it is, as an aspiring physician, you learn about the patient interactions.  You learn about what is needed as a caregiver.”

And the importance of listening.  Altobelli was among the guests on the latest edition of the What’s Next Living Longer Better Smarter podcast…which I co-host with Mary Furlong.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin.    Unique ways to cook in the great outdoors.     While gas, charcoal and pellet grills are the go to methods for cooking in many backyards, there are other options.    GoSun’s line of solar powered ovens let you cook with the power of the sun.  From the portable Go on up to the Fusion hybrid…they are efficient and fun…and work with no fuel other than the sun.  Find them at GoSun.co.     BioLite, meanwhile, has options too …from their CampStoves and EcoZoom Versa…that use sticks and twigs to fuel the fire…to the versatile FirePit Plus.      Great products that use innovation and tech to make camp sites or backyards more fun.   And for every BioLite product sold…the company gives back helping in areas of the world where there is energy poverty.   

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

How can you protect those bright ideas for products or services? The IP Owners Education Foundation has created a tool that can help. How can you use AIBuddy? The Foundation's Deputy Exec. Dir. Kristen Lurye chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin.   The latest Google I/O conference featured lots of new tools making use of AI advancements for communications, coding, productivity, creativity and of course, search.  For instance, says Google’s Mia Nicholson East…there is a new live search option that uses your phone’s camera..

“So you go ahead and just open your camera and you want to point it towards something.  You can click the little Live icon and just ask it a couple more questions and get like immediate responses to your questions, which is really cool.  And then, outside of that, you need Try On mode with Google Shopping.”

Upload a full body photo and then virtually try on clothing before you buy.  We’re also impressed with the latest in real time language translation and the Google Beam communications platform.  For more on the conference …head to IO.Google.

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