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Flying Duck Hunter Robot Will Appease PETA But Not Your Cold, Killing Instincts

Mark Wilson — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:30:00 EST

Who wants to hunt some ducks? I said, WHO WANTS TO HUNT SOME DUCKS??

Available this spring, the Duck Hunter is like a WowWee Dragonfly mixed with a lightgun shooting game. The duck launches from your IR blaster, charging in just 10 seconds from a few AAs in the pistol. When the poor, robotic duck takes flight autonomously (and some may say, with a soul), you shoot away until you hit the bird three times. Then it dies.

A base version of the Duck Hunter (as described above) will run $30 while a premium version (including a controller so one person can actually fly the duck while another shoots) will cost $40.

Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES

Brian Lam — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:59:59 EST

CES has no shortage of displays. And when MAKE offered us some TV-B-Gone clickers to bring to the show, we pretty much couldn't help ourselves. We shut off a TV. And then another. And then a wall of TVs. And we just couldn't stop. (And Panasonic, you're so lucky that 150-incher didn't have an active IR port.) It was too much fun, but watching this video, we realize it probably made some people's jobs harder, and I don't agree with that (Especially Motorola). We're sorry. [Thanks to Phil Torrone for the gear, video, editing and mischief by Richard Blakeley]

Do You Want Adam To Do Another White Guy Dance For You?

Jason Chen — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:56:13 EST

IBM Wins Most Sexist and Degrading Promotional Device

Wilson Rothman — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:20:15 EST

I have so many issues with this LCD shirt that IBM is making women wear at CES, I don't know where to start. First off, they're instructed to say "Are you looking at my chest?" as people pass by. And supposing I do just that, why have her feminine curves been replaced with a grotesque bionic interface? Don't tell me this thing is a touchscreen. The end result is that I pay no attention to the ad at all. Sorry, IBM, there are some things technology can't improve. Spare this poor woman—bring back the sandwich board. [CES 2008] Thanks to Mark W. for that extra reporting!

Pioneer Loves Sizemodo

Eric Sheline — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:59:06 EST

Pioneer compared an iPhone to their 9mm Kuro Plasma. They must be Gizmodo fans. [Pioneer Vid]

Aaron Broder, Kid Reporter, Blitzes CES, Gets the Scoops

Charlie White — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:37:30 EST

Meet Aaron Broder, the 14-year-old reporter and member of the Scholastic Kids Press Corps. He's covering CES from start to finish. Chaperoned by his mom, the resourceful young man convinced the CES suits to bend the "no one under 16, no exceptions" rule to grant him a press pass. Good move, because after all, there are millions of people his age who are tech experts (and who read Gizmodo), and it's about time they got some press representation.

Aaron is one of 50 young people chosen to report news from all over the world for website Scholastic News Online and Scholastic's classroom magazines. Look for Aaron's take on CES there, as well as his impressions of your humble Gizmodo narrators and our peculiarities. If the next generation of reportage is represented by go-getters like Aaron, the future looks bright. [Scholastic News Online]