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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.       A little computer inside a golf ball?.   It is the next evolution from OnCore Golf where CEO Bret Blakely  has done lots of innovating with golf tech before.  And now, he says, comes the Genius ball…

“And it is a ball with magnetometers, gyroscopes, accelerometers, all inside on a small computer chip that will be providing all sorts of incredible data for putting.  It will be initially starting off as a putting ball.  It will tell you spin axis and distance and accuracy.”

Lots of engineering challenges here.   The Genius Ball will arrive this year, probably for about 200 dollars a sleeve..  Meanwhile…check out the rest of the line up at OnCoreGolf.com.

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

The 2025 edition of the Zenbook Duo from Asus packs even more power and versatility. The desktop mode to share mode and more with dual OLED screens, there's a lot to like. Product Manager Eric Krondak chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Ford has unveiled the Ford Heritage Fleet. The idea is to learn from the past to build a better future. Details? Ford Heritage Brand Manager Ted Ryan chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   We’ve been fans of Lutron and their reliable smart home gear for some time and now there’s even more to cheer about with the arrival of Caseta smart shades.   They are lower priced that the company’s Serena line…and are designed to be do it yourself.  You just need to take care with the measuring and the rest of the installation and set up is pretty straight forward.  They work with Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home and more and you can set opening and closing schedules for different times of day.  Caseta Marketing Manager Damon Williams..

“One thing that we know people really enjoy is waking up to that natural sunlight.  So if you need to wake up at 7 or 8 o’clock in the morning…you can set your shades to open up to act as a natural alarm clock.”

More info?   Head to www.casetawireless.com.

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

Spout is a countertop system that delivers purified alkaline water, up to two gallons a day, from the air. What makes it unique? Co-founder and CEO Reuben Vollmer chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.    POP month is an effort to recognize and attract more people into professions that improve people’s lives through prosthetics, orthotics and pedorthics.   At the American Board for Certification,  Steve Fletcher is director of professional credentialing..

“The technology side of our profession has really exploded.  It has just enhanced and increased significantly.  A couple examples that people may have heard of is 3D printing.  We call that additive manufacturing.  But it’s a whole new way of fabricating a device that can be made extremely custom to an individual person’s needs.”

And of course, robotics and exoskeletons are bringing even more sophisticated tech into the fields as well.    More info… head to PopMonth.org.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. Toy makers and retailers gathered again this month for the big American International Toy Fair in New York and among the hottest trends were toys and games that blend the past and present. Crayola has been a leader there…and of course there’s Lego. What about AI in toys. Chris Byrne…author and toy expert…they call him The Toy Guy… tells us..

“Where it’s influencing the toy industry is helping in design, but it hasn’t really filtered down to toys yet. One of the reasons is even though it works, it’s still very expensive. So we’re looking at 2026 and 2027 to start to see AI powered toys because people believe that the prices will have come down by that time. And again, AI makes sense if it enhances the play experience because that’s really what it’s all about.”

Find more on the latest at www.thetoyguy.com.

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

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Pila Energy unveils a DIY mesh home battery system. A less expensive, simple solution for many homeowners and renters. How does it work? Founder and CEO Cole Ashman, Ex-Tesla PowerWall and SPAN, chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. How often does a piece of technology you bring into your home make you smile from the minute you plug it in. Not very. But the Klydoclock from Klydo manages to do it…blending digital animated art with a beautifully crafted clock …complete with a digital pendulum, tick tock sounds and an hourly chime. You can control the sounds in settings if you need quiet. But the digital animated art is the real star…and there is an ever growing array to choose from. Creative and Content VP Dave Ben-Yshai..

“From a library of animations from all our artist partners, people that we work every single day a new animation is added to the device.”

You can take control with a remote….an app is on the way. The Klydoclock is available in beautiful oak or walnut and sells for about three hundred dollars at Klydoclock.com.

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