Question of the Week #7 - Thanksgiving kitchen gadgets

[This Question of the Week is due on Monday, 11/9/2009, by midnight. It must be at least 250 words in length.]

Background: There are new kitchen gadgets for cooking every Thanksgiving. Some of them replace existing kitchen gadgets like a frying pan with a built-in digital thermometer. Others are new like a spice gun.

Question of the Week:
What high tech kitchen gadgets are available for Thanksgiving AND what makes them high tech? Identify at least 5 gadgets and explain the electronic component that makes it high tech as well as better than the originals (if applicable). For example, a digital thermometer replaces a turkey popup -- what makes it better and what part is high tech (like the readout)?