Didn't Get What You Wanted For Christmas?

If the emails I've been getting are any indication, the technology and electronics manufacturers and retailers didn't sell as many high-tech toys as they had hoped over the holiday season.  Many of them are offering pretty deep discounts to unload their excess stock.  The most interesting email I received about tech gadgets, though, came from my boss.  He sent me a link to an article on Mashable entitled 80+ Terrific Tech and Gadgets Resources From 2010.  Here are some of the most unusual items:

• A USB flash drive that looks like a piece of sushi.  Comes in several different "flavors;"
• Winter gloves that allow you to operate your touchscreen phone without removing them;
• Earmuffs with built-in earphones for outdoor listening pleasure in the wintertime;
• Custom-knit laptop sleeves;
• A GPS dog locator for those whose furry friends like to wander; and,
• For the bride who already has everything else, an illuminated wedding dress.

Too bad I didn't find out about all these gadgets before Christmas; my Dad would have loved the Moonwalker II Robot Kit.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."  ~Arthur C. Clarke