Asus' R&D design studio, PEGA, looks to be coming up with some surprising product concepts as part of its Between On & Off exhibition. We're betting that none of these will ever see the light of day, but we're intrigued -- and prematurely annoyed -- by the Look@Me emoticon keyboard. Stocked with 40 emoticon bits (eyes, mouths, noses), the keyboard allows users to express their emotions on a more regular basis, if that's possible. Other concepts include Embrace, a night light that emits as much light as you have opened the book; JustDrawIt!, a power management device that visualizes on / off settings for appliances with a pen; and the On&On bench that doubles as a solar charger. Sadly, the exhibition is over, but check the gallery below for some of PEGA's other concepts.
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posted May 27th 2008 2:58PM
I half expected to see a 'Hello Kitty!' somewhere in there.
"...include Embrace, a night light that emits as much light as you have opened the book"
i fails at teh wryting
on a different note, where's the WTF key?
lol i love your comments....they make me happy inside
OLD MAN MODE regarding "Look@Me emoticon keyboard":
How about a tool that lets people hit macros that write out whole sentences every time they want to abbreviate something.
I totally get if you are typing on a phone keypad or if you are trying to type while monsters chase you in games but enough with the abbreviations in emails and such.
ENOUGH!
GIT OFF MA LAWN!
;] ;? :-))
happywink
confused wink
happy fat guy
that means "i hate the internet"
You can buy "split" keyboards from pro shops like Kinesis, but their boards run $200. If people made half keyboards, I could probably buy two for $60. Honestly just sawing your keyboard in half is surpassingly more ergonomic than the "natural" ergonomic keyboards.
Good point, but you'd have to develop a language based entirely on ASCII facial expressions. Then you'd have to convince someone else to learn it. Then you'd have to convince them to talk to you.
Sawing that keyboard almost made me puke!
:P
#:¢€
(Dude with too many piercings having a bad hair day key)
Heheh Love it
I never thought the world was going to be destroyed by emoticons.
LOL....I would so totally use the emoticon thingee..
Not bad!!
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Oh, crap now I'm feeding into the loop!
NNNOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!!!!
I like that solar power gadget charging table although I'm not sure it'd be any good; how much light comes into a room anyways? Still, it's a pretty nifty idea.
my favorite feature is "JustDawIt!", just for having the worst feature name of all time
PEGA!
this looks delicious