It’s not a feature you typically associate with ski and snowboard gear, but POC’s new $550 Obex Connect helmet creates its own mesh network so you can talk with others on the hill even if you don’t have a cellphone signal. It’s also got Bluetooth for connecting to smartphones, audio courtesy of Harman Kardon, and an NFC chip with your medical info.
Areaware’s new 15-piece Blockitecture set was designed by James Paulius with hexagonal shapes and cantilevered features so you can build structures in Frank Lloyd Wright’s distinctive Usonian-style.
The blocks are made from a mix of New Zealand pine and fiberboard and while $60 for the set isn’t cheap, a portion of that will go to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
If you’ve changed your mind (or have a family member who accidentally backed up their entire camera roll) Google Photos now offers an “Undo device backup” option in the settings.
Images and videos will be removed from the cloud but will remain on the device and backup will be turned off. The feature is now available to iOS users, and is coming to Android soon.
