PEGA Look@Me emoticon keyboard and other ASUS-funded product concepts

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.

Gallery: PEGA Designs Concepts

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[Via OhGizmo]

[phanbouy @ May 27th 2008 3:07PM]

"...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?

[Ray @ May 27th 2008 4:41PM]

lol i love your comments....they make me happy inside

[Ytril @ May 27th 2008 3:07PM]

I half expected to see a 'Hello Kitty!' somewhere in there.

[Pingmeister @ May 27th 2008 3:09PM]

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!

[ReggieXuk @ May 27th 2008 3:12PM]

;] ;? :-))

happywink
confused wink
happy fat guy

that means "i hate the internet"

[rektide @ May 27th 2008 3:18PM]

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.

[j_g_puff @ May 27th 2008 3:25PM]

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.

[James @ Jun 6th 2008 3:37PM]

Sawing that keyboard almost made me puke!
:P

[ethana2 @ May 27th 2008 3:38PM]

#:¢€
(Dude with too many piercings having a bad hair day key)

[Derry Quinn @ May 28th 2008 3:09PM]

Heheh Love it

[AMA @ May 27th 2008 3:52PM]

I never thought the world was going to be destroyed by emoticons.

[Brian @ May 27th 2008 4:10PM]

LOL....I would so totally use the emoticon thingee..

[Mega Math @ May 27th 2008 4:20PM]

Not bad!!

[phanbouy @ May 27th 2008 4:23PM]

Superfluous comment!!

[BlowURmindBowel @ May 27th 2008 4:55PM]

Superfluous comment reply!!

Oh, crap now I'm feeding into the loop!

NNNOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!!!!

[aron @ May 27th 2008 4:39PM]

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.

[phanbouy @ May 27th 2008 5:01PM]

my favorite feature is "JustDawIt!", just for having the worst feature name of all time

[Rainier @ May 27th 2008 5:19PM]

PEGA!

[ugg.tryptophan @ May 27th 2008 11:32PM]

this looks delicious