Winter sports fans, this one is for you. The white powder sparkles from the top of the mountains and you can’t wait to get there and slide down, over and over again. The next generation skiing and snowboarding is here powered by the most exciting wearable technology existing on any mountain anywhere. One of the most popular devices out there is the action cam GoPro Hero 4 Black Edition. It offers stunning image quality and powerful new features that takes the cameras’ industry to a whole new level. The camera itself is a tiny box with a powerful processor able to record amazing video quality. The Hero4 Black displays incredible high-resolution 4K30 and 2.7K50 video and high frame rate 1080p120 video. Its features include built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with super upload speed that sends your ride-videos up on various channels of social media. To help you find easier those cool moments without having to go through hours and hours of video, Hero4 Black has on its right side a ‘Hilight Tag’ button, which when activated, puts a tag on them and helping you find them faster when viewing the footage in GoPro’s free mobile app or desktop Studio software. On its left side is an easy-to-lose removable cover that protects Micro-HDMI and Mini-USB ports and the microSD slot that supports cards of up to 64GB. The Mini-USB port is used to charge the device and transfer the content off your microSD card, but can also be used with an optional 3.5mm stereo mic cable so you can attach a studio-quality external mic. The device doesn’t have a built-in touchscreen, but it has a Hero port on back that allows you to attach GoPro’s LCD Touch BacPac or the Battery BacPac. Unlike Hero3+ Black, Hero4...

We’ve started getting a closer look at what everyone calls the “Connected Home”. The most popular connected home device is currently the security system, according to Forrester. There are also electronic door locks – electronic keys with expiration date (that can be used with maintenance technicians) that send an alert when someone is attempting to enter – garage door openers, weather stations for vacation homes, and cameras like Dropcam for baby or pet monitoring. We already have the fridge that sends text messages when the milk is running low and we have the smart egg tray that tells your smartphone how many eggs you’ve got at home and when they’re going bad. We also have the Hue lightbulbs made by Philips that are controllable through the iPhone – set custom lighting, turn light on or off remotely and set lights to slowly brighten in the morning. Through a smartphone the Withings scale and the Bose music system are perfectly controllable as well. At the recent CES show in Las Vegas, companies displayed their latest smart appliances, and looked around for suitable collaborators. These partners will together create a real George and Jane Jetson home. Google aimed high and acquired Nest Labs for $3.2 billion. With this move the giant ensured a premium position in the yet young ecosystem which, in a not too far future, will become a core industry that will affect all aspects of life. Nest Labs is a popular name only in select groups and markets – in the U.S., Canada and the UK – where their products are merchandized. In 2011 they released the internet-connected thermostat that learns to cool or heat homes in accordance with its inhabitants. Two years later they came up with the smoke and carbon-monoxide detector...