2. Razer Switchblade It's like a netbook, only better. The Switchblade was a 7-inch gaming machine powered by an Intel Atom processor that could run full PC games without fritzing. Oh, and it had a sweet adaptive keyboard for ultimate programmability. The Switchblade fell off the radar after stealing the show at CES 2011. A partnership with a Chinese company called Tencent was later announced for the Switchblade to be released exclusively in China, but it's been quiet since last spring. Razer's since pushed it's Blade gaming laptop. Read More

3. Sony OLED Goggles Put on the visor and you instantly see a 150-inch HD (1280x720) projected screen in front of you. It also did 3D. What seemed like an idea destined to remain a concept, turned out to be a product Sony would actually release by the end of the year. Redesigned to fit a human head better with more straps and buckles, Sony released the VR goggles as the "Personal 3D Viewer HMZ-T1" for $800 in November to generally positive reviews, though this thing is destined to stay niche. Read More

4. Non-iPad Tablets Last year was supposed to be a crazy year for tablets. Nearly every major consumer electronics company had a tablet ready to show off at CES. Samsung had the Sliding PC 7, Motorola the Xoom, and there was BlackBerry's PlayBook. They looked like real winners, then the iPad 2 came out and blew them all away, leaving its contenders struggling to be sold or killed off altogether. It's now really just a three-legged race between iPad 2, Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet. Samsung's Galaxy Tabs are hanging in there, but it was a rough year for non-iPad tablets. Read More

5. Motorola Smartphone Lapdock The idea was ingenious. With smartphones becoming so powerful, why not have 'em plug into a keyboard dock and become a laptop? At least, that was the dream. Motorola failed to make much of a splash with its dock, and tablets keep getting cheaper and Ultrabooks and MacBook Airs are much more attractive thin-and-light companions. Motorola recently updated the dock with the Lapdock 100 for $250. It's a bit uglier, but it supports more smartphones (they now awkwardly hang off via a cable). Read More

6. Samsung's Bendy AMOLED Screens It's a sci-fi dream to have flexible screens that can be rolled, bent and manipulated in all kinds of ways. We saw a 4.5-inch AMOLED prototype that was only 0.3mm thick playing video and basically felt like the future had arrived. Samsung says it plans to seriously produce devices with bendable screens this year. We'll see if that really happens or not. Read More

7. Polaroid GL30 Instant Camera Attempting to reinvent the craze of instant photography, but with a digital camera twist (Zero "Zink" Ink), the GL30 was Lady Gaga's other CES product. It had a sleek aluminum body and a screen about 4-inches wide. The GL30 felt like a product Polaroid didn't make since the SX-70. It meshed beauty with ease of photo printing. As with Lady Gaga Polarez camera shades, the GL30 disappeared into the ether. Polaroid recently released the Z340 — a less stylish Zink instant camera

9. LG Touch TV Revolutionizing aging classrooms with high-tech gear isn't easy or cheap. LG's 60-inch plasma TV with "PenTouch" (stylus) was a product that hoped to kickstart a transformation from chalkboards to interactive touchscreens. The Touch TV provided a Minority Report-like touch UI with the use of one or two stylus pens. You can buy one a Touch TV today. LG delivered on its promise, but it'll just cost you $1,800. The TV is also heavy as a boulder, weighing in at 110 pounds. Read More

10. Intel Sandy Bridge Processors The best thing about processors is that they get smaller, generate less heat and provide performance boosts over previous chips every year. Sandy Bridge processors delivered hard in 2011. Thanks to the integration of Intel's integrated graphics and powerful core i5/i7 CPUs to create uber thin laptops, we now have Ultrabooks to fawn all over. Sandy Bridge came, it saw and it conquered PCs, albeit after a rocky start. You can find Sandy Bridge processors in nearly every new computer coming off the line. The next big thing? Ivy Bridge! Even smaller and faster processors. Bring it on! Read More

1. Lady Gaga Camera Glasses Officially called the "Polarez," Lady Gaga's camera glasses baffled us all. With a hidden camera in the nose bridge and two 1.4-inch OLED screens where the lenses would be, Gaga sure knew how to bring her eclectic tastes to Polaroid's bland camera business. Polaroid said the Polarez was going to be released no later than last spring. It's now 2012. I'd say it's safe to say the Polarez was canned. Read More

8. Mirasol "E ink is great, except that it can't do video. If these two types of displays were to have a love child, it would be Mirasol" is what our own Evan Ackerman said when he saw it. Like E Ink, Mirasol uses a fraction of the power a traditional LCD uses and gets brighter based on how much ambient light is around it. You can find Mirasol displays in the Kyobo eReader. Read More