THR's Holiday Gift Guide: 10 High-Tech Gadgets for Men

Boys' Toys

Guys love gadgets, and this season's coolest high-tech novelties will bring out the kid in any man, whether he's trying to perfect his golf swing, tracking his mogul runs, recording his off-road adventures, or jamming with a new iPad Mini and Bluetooth speaker.

Supercharged Watch

Maximilian Büsser & Friends, HM 5 watch 

Inspired by the iconic ’70s Lamborghini Miura, MB&F’s just-released HM5 features a louvered top to mimic the car’s rear and a side-facing display that’s easy to read while driving. It’s limited to only 66 pieces; $63,000, at Westime Sunset, West Hollywood.

High-Tech Winter Gear

Oakley Airwave goggles

Hollywood ski fans like Brad Grey will dig these just-released Oakley Airwave Bluetooth-enabled goggles, which boast a heads-up display that shows speed and altitude as well as incoming calls; $600, oakley.com.

The Mini Marvel

Apple iPad Mini

Modern Family creator Steve Levitan, who based an entire episode around getting an iPad as a present, will surely have Apple's new pint-sized tablet on his gift list. The Mini packs a roomy feeling 7.9-inch screen into a package about the size of a paperback book that weighs about two-thirds of a pound. Like its full-sized siblings, the Mini still packs the power to run the more than 70,000 apps available through itunes; $329-$659 at apple.com. Read THR's review of the mini here.

Burn Band

Nike Fuelband

Nike’s FuelBand bracelet tracks your daily movement, calculating calories burned and activity time via a multicolored LED display; $149, nike.com.

The Fuel Injector

The Rocket Espresso Giotto Evoluzione

Combining museum-quality looks and commercial-grade components, the newest machine from Italian manufacturer Rocket can make even a novice barista look good. The Evoluzione features a 1200 watt copper boiler, pro-style brew head and rotary pump to dispense perfect shots while giving any kitchen a Matrix-like vibe; $2299 at Wholelattelove.com.

The Action Hero

GoPro Hero 3 camera

With twice the image-processing power of the previous GoPro, an improved lens, a smaller size and a new integrated smartphone app, the latest version of the brand’s waterproof and impact-resistant wearable camera, Hero3, can record your holiday adventures from the slopes of Telluride to the surf of Malibu in full HD or by live stream over the Internet; $200 to $400, gopro.com.

The Player

Aiptek, i20 pico projector

Aiptek’s itty-bitty MobileCinema i20 projector packs a wallop. Plug it into an iPhone, and it can project as large as a 50-inch mirror image of the screen on a wall. The built-in battery provides about a movie’s worth of viewing (100 minutes); $150, neimanmarcus.com.

Stroke Assist

Golfsense 3D swing analyzer

Golfers such as Justin Timberlake and Larry David can attach this tiny — only 17 grams — sensor to their golf glove, pair it with their smartphone, and the GolfSense 3D will analyze everything from club speed to a path to help fix that errant swing; $130, apple.com.

Pump up the Volume

The new and bigger version of Jawbone's Bluetooth speaker pumps out the three times the volume of the original in a package that is still only 10-inches long and less than three pounds. The larger size means that it offers 15 hours of music on a single charge. Plus, the Bluetooth means it can double as a speakerphone as well; $299 at jawbone.com.

The Shape of Things to Come

Formlabs, Form 1 3-D printer

Creative types can turn their 3-D designs dreamed up on a computer into actual resin objects at home with Formlab’s desktop-sized Form 1 printer. The precision printer heads meld liquid plastic into small objects. $3,299, pre-order, ships in April, formlabs.com.