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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Early in the year is a good time to be thinking about backing up all of those files… photos, videos, personal and business documents. Acronis True Image has been a go to solution here for some time…offering ease of use…flexibility in backing up to external drives or the cloud and they have smart phones covered too. President Gaidar Magdanurov…

“So in the very basic set up you just install the product, you launch the product, then you just click a few times confirming that you want to back up everything to Acronis Cloud or if you want to back up to an external drive or NAS device, you can select the destination, set the back up and it will be happening automatically for you.”

There’s malware and anti-ransomware protection too. Pricing starts at 50 dollars a year. Find more at Acronis.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin What if there was an app that could detect type 2 diabetes, by analyzing your voice. That is what a research team at the Luxembourg Institute of Health is working on….using AI to detect diabetes and other illnesses as well. Dr. Guy Fagherazzi is Director of the Department of Precision Health…

“When you have a disease, when you have a symptom, this will have an impact on how your voice is produced. And sometimes it’s very subtle, small changes in your voice. But now, with all the technologies we have, the development of AI, we can extract thousands and thousands of variables, information, that we can use to feed AI models.”

Dr. Fagherazzi believes within five years the technology could be available for wide use. They are seeking people to volunteer with voice samples. The site for more is ColiveVoice.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.        Oclean is bringing more high tech bite into caring for your mouth and teeth.  The Oclean X Ultra is a WiFi Digital Toothbrush that uses AI and bone conduction technology as you are brushing.  The company’s Mark Honeycutt..

“It is a voice guided toothbrush.  So as you are brushing your teeth, it actually talks to you using bone conduction technology telling you what to do as you brush your teeth.  It’s an innovative first.”

Also new…the Ease Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush…great for travel….with up to five months of battery life on a charge.   And there’s the AirPump A10 Water Flosser…that is compact and uses both pressurized air and water for better oral care.   There’s more info at Oclean.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. An impressive lens at an affordable price. We’ve been checking out the new Viltrox 35mm F1.7 Air Series Lens on a Sony E mount APSC camera. It weighs in at just six ounces…and produces great results in any light, whether you are taking portraits or shooting landscapes. The F1.7 aperture means you can shoot more in natural light…even when dim…and blur the background beautifully for portraits. We mentioned the weight….and the price is pretty light too. The list is just 179 dollars…making it great for new photo enthusiasts who may not have a big budgets. The company makes a range of photographic gear and lenses for Sony, Nikon, Canon and Fujifilm cameras. Find more info at www.viltrox.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. With more and more devices that need charging and digital storage…we’ve got solutions. When it comes to storage…and you have a need for speed…PNY’s Pro Elite V3 Flash Drive..delivers all the performance you’re looking for. Write speeds are up to 800 megabits per second, and up to a thousand megabits per second on the read side. That is fast….and capacities go up to a terabyte. For charging, Anker is now out with the Series 5 Power Bank…with 25 thousand milliamp hours that can deliver 100 watt fast charging. It can handle four devices at once and features a high resolution display along with built in and retractable cables. Also new is the Series 5 140 watt portable charger with four ports. There’s a USB C cable included as well.

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

What is HCM? It is a genetic heart condition that often goes undiagnosed. Lisa Salberg is founder of the HCM Association that offers information and other resources at 4HCM.org. Her story? She chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. We’re likely to see a lot more folks wearing smart glasses this year. We’ll be touching on some of the entrants in the days to come. Vuzix is a company that has been working on solutions for more than 25 years. And they are now pushing into the consumer space with the Z100 glasses that feature a display that can give you heads up turn by turn directions, language translation and more. They are working with developers to bring in a wide range of applications. Director of Worldwide Marketing Adam Gogolski..says beyond that…

“Walking the dog yesterday wearing my Z100s, getting Slack notifications, getting text messages. You’re able to stay in the know all the time.”

Battery life is terrific too. Very impressive. The price…about five hundred dollars. Find more at www.Vuzix.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.      Smart Glasses have been in our focus this week…forgive the pun.   And one of the big reasons for the growing interest has been the partnership between Meta and the Ray-Ban brand owned by EssilorLuxottica…a partnership that has been extended for another decade.  It has brought Ray-Ban style to glasses…prescription or otherwise…that include AI functions, cameras and built in speakers.   You can snap good quality photos or videos easily, live stream, translate a growing number of languages, ask the Meta frames what you are looking at…or listen to music or podcasts.  The built in speakers positioned near your ears are surprisingly good.  And the prices starting at about 300 dollars, don’t seem outrageous at all.   There’s more to come…perhaps we’ll be seeing built in displays as well.   Stay tuned.

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

A bright idea from Kwikset- the Halifax LED Lever. It is a door handle with a motion sensor and LED light. And it is affordable. Details? Product Marketing Manager Andrew Lindley chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.