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Top High-Tech Gifts For The Holiday Season

BOSTON (CBS) -- As you shop this holiday season, avoid the duds and head for the high-tech gifts that are just plain cool.

For the young and young at heart, the Lego Mindstorms EV3 adds new features to everyone's favorite building blocks, allowing you to construct fairly sophisticated robots.

At $350, it's pricey but a screaming solo on a guitar made entirely of Legos is priceless.

Know a traveler who's tired of pecking at a tiny keyboard on their smart phone?

The $100 virtual keyboard connects to your phone via Bluetooth and uses lasers to project a full size keyboard onto any flat surface.

The new flip serves as a stripped-down cell phone of sorts in wristwatch form. The $200 device lets parents track their kids location with the accompanying app.

Kids can also use the flip to make and receive calls, but only from specific numbers in their contact list.

For the tech fanatics on your list, the $80 leap motion controller offers a completely new way to interact with your computer. Forget your mouse and keyboard and use your fingers to play puppeteer or get a science lesson.

Cooks will appreciate click and grow - these $80 smart planters take all the guess-work out of when to water your fresh herbs.

Fill up the water tank, power up the planter and in a couple of weeks, you should see sprouts. There's also an optional grow light to help in the winter months when there's less natural light available.

For more suggestions, head to CNET.com and click on the holiday gift guide.

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