Again in 2011, Nest did the impossible: It made thermostats sexy. Apple veterans Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers applied their iPod-designing expertise to the largely utilitarian world of dwelling-local weather control, creating the learning Thermostat, an appliance aimed squarely at the gadget-obsessed residents of the smartphone age. And then, earlier this year, Fadell and Rogers … Read moreNest Protect Assessment: A Smoke Detector For The Smartphone Technology