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Sick of giving Mom the same old flowers, chocolates, and cards for Mother’s Day? Well Yahoo has some ideas for breaking out of the monotony of the holiday. Here are some tech gifts they suggested Mom would love.

A Kodak All-in-one Printer, what kind of Mom doesn’t love pictures? This is one gift Mom can cherish while she hangs up all her flawless pictures on the walls. This next idea will be great if your Mom has a green thumb… ‘Thirsty Lights.’ Sounds cheesy, yes, but if your Mom has flowers or plants, its an easy way for her to see when it’s time for some more water. They also thought a digital keychain that flashes pictures on the screen would be cool, or if your Mom is in need of a new vacuum, a HALO Ultraviolet Vacuum would be ideal for its highly effectiveness.

My personal favorite, is to create a printed photo album or photo book. Easily created online at Lulu, or if you have a Mac even better. They are more thoughtful, and very inexpensive.

A group of German technology developers have just come out with a new patent on a phone chip that can send scents via text messaging. Apparently they have been working on these chips for 8 years and could be releasing them to the public by 2010.

There will be about 100 different smells available on these new phones. The researchers have so far only worked on floral and other enjoyable scents, but the possibilities are endless. In order to use this type of technology you would need to have a special phone, and luckily these phones will have the option to reject a message if you choose to.

So if you’re missing the smell of the ocean breeze, or want to send a loved one a virtual bouquet, once these new smell-phones come out, you will be able to do it all.

Rally Point has come out with a ‘Handwear Computer’ that is made specially for soldiers in the military. It is a wearable computer system that allows soldiers to view and navigate digital maps, activate radio communications, and send commands, all without ever having to take their hands off their weapons.

These custom made, sensor-laden gloves come with four push button sensors that are sewn into the fingers. Two of the sensors are used to activate radio communications, the third sensor will change the mode from ‘mouse mode’ to ‘map mode’, and the last sensor, can be used in two ways, in map mode it enables the user to zoom in and out, while in mouse mode it is the click button.