Bajca's emoticon keyboard / jewelry-making kit might be emotionally unstable

Be honest with yourself: you've always wanted a dedicated, 16-key emoticon keyboard with "keys" that pulled doubled duty as expressive jewelry, right? Well, you got it! Bajca's Smile Keypad aims to "make real the emoticon," and as far as we can tell, they've totally nailed it. The USB-friendly keyboard has classic smiley face-looking keys which pop out using some special tongs, then are popped into pieces of jewelry -- rings, bracelets, necklaces -- sky's the limit, apparently. It's not really crystal clear if all of these pieces are going to be included, or if they'll be sold separately, or if this is ever going to make it to the market. All we can do is hope. Check out a few more emotionally charged shots after the break.

[Thanks, Matilde]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:20PM]

... so how do you use the key when it's around your neck?

[holycow Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:23PM]

you take it off, put it in the keyboard and press it. simple.

[Freakin Ijit Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:23PM]

Someone's already incanted "Crapgadget!", right?

[cout Peter Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:23PM]

:P

[cout Peter Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:24PM]

/\ Where is it?

[holycow Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:30PM]

If it's not there then you're probably a female.

[cout Peter Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:36PM]

nvrmd, I see it.

[loocas Posted Nov 19th 2008 8:31PM]

Too much emo... I want some bad ass smilies:

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...|... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .._,,-~~~-,-,,_
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...|... ... ... ,,---,,_... ...,-~",-":__-,: : :"-,:::"'~,,
.,,-~~--,, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...|... ... ,~": : --,,:"~,,-"::::/:,-". . ."'~-,,: \,::::_,,"~-,,
/: : : : : : :"'~-,,... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |... ... /: : : : :~"'\,: \::__/:|o--,,. . . . .\,: ¯¯: : : : : :"-,
\: : : : : : : : : : :""~,,... ... ... ... ... ... ... |... ... .\: : : : : :,,-"~": : : "'~~-,:"'~-,,_|: : :,-"¯¯¯¯"-,:|
.'~,: : : : : : : : : : : : :"'~-,,_... ... ... ... ...|... ... .."-,_: ,-" : : : : : : : : : : : "~,--~": : (o~--,,_. . |:|
... ."'~-,,: : : : : : : : : : : : :"-,~--,... ... ... |... ... ... ...,/: : : : : : ,,--,-,~-,,: : :"~-,,: : :"~,___:"-/,/__
... ... ...,"~"~--,,_,,-~"`"`": : "-,::"'~~--,,_..| ... ... ... ..|: : : ,: :,-". ,-"./. . . ."-,,_: : :"~-~": : : :"'-,,~,:"-,,
... ... .,/: : : : --,,:|: : : : : : : : :"-,,::::::::::::"~--,,_... ... \: : :|: /. .,/. . |. . . ,-".|. "~,,_____,,,,,__:\: : : : |
... ... .|: : : : : : : "|: : : : : : :,: : : :\:::::::::::::::::::::"'~~-,,"-,:|: |. /. . . .|. .,-". . |. ,-"'. \. . .,/|. . . .",:\: : ,/
... ... ..\, : : : : : ,/ : : : : : : :|: : : ,/::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::"\: "-,,___,\,/___,,\/___. |,-". |. . . ,/.|: |,~"
... ... ... ",-,,,__/: : : : : : :,/,_~"-:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::"-,,____,, : : : : : : : : : "'~,,,/.,,~". ,/: /
... ... ... /: : : : :"-,,___,,-": : ,"-,-:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::'\: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "-"__,-":,-"
... ... ... '\,_: : : : : : /-,,___,,"~-----~~~~,~---,,__::::::::::::::::::::::|: : : : : : : : __,,--~"~,,___,,-"
... ... ... ... ."'~---~"... ... ... ... ... ... ...|---~"::::"'~-::::::::::::::::,/: : : : : : : : : :\"~,,
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .|::::::::::::::::::::::::::::,,": : : : : : : : : : : |:::::"-,,
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .|:::::::::::::::::::::::,,-": : : : : : : : : : : : :,|:::::::::"-,
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .|::::::::::_,,,--~~": : : : : : : : : : : : : : :,/::::::::::::::\,
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .|----~~" : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :,/::::::::::::::::::\,
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .|: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :,-,"::::::::::::::::::::::\
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : _,,~"SL'\,::::::::::::::::::::::\
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :,,-"... ... ... .\:::::::::::::::::::::::\
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |: : : : : : : : : : : :_,,--~"... ... ... ... ...\:::::::::::::::::::::::\

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 10:44PM]

Loocas
please tell me u copied and pasted that

[loocas Posted Nov 19th 2008 10:46PM]

@ Gautam

I posted on an iPhone, my mitts still hurt...

[Rob PRO Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:26PM]

wearing this makes you worthy of a 1-2 jab to the face

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:34PM]

must be tough having your nose broken that often

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:36PM]

errr... thats what she said...

[GreatSunJester Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:29PM]

Aww crud.... I look at that and all I think is "mmmmmm.... Takoyaki!" I can not get Takoyaki where I live!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 6:12PM]

great, now i have a craving

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:31PM]

Multiple-personality disorder...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:36PM]

Slow news day?

[Goast Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:41PM]

This is so pathetic it's actually hard to make this funny...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:48PM]

:(

[ch4s3r Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:49PM]

This might of had a shot at becoming popular eight years ago.

[MarbleMind Posted Nov 19th 2008 5:56PM]

A smiley keyboard, yes why not. A smiley keyboard that looks like a teletubbies prop, no thank you.
Why not go a step ahead and integrate a battery compartment, 25 cent voice synthesis chip and one of those horrible piezo speakers?
Then, all the socially obstructed could finally communicate their innermost emotions at the push of a button. Easy, comfortable, authentic.
"I think this is very funny. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha -ry fun- Ha. Ha. Ha. This i- Ha. veryveryveryveryveryveryveryrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-"

[Kizul Emeraldfire Posted Nov 19th 2008 7:41PM]

I'd want that, but only as long as you could customize what phrases each emoticon represented.

I'd go the nerdy route and make them all be appropriately-fitting arcade game voice clips.

[Howthor Posted Nov 19th 2008 6:01PM]

Hmm... Bajca...eeh? I believe that means "to poo" in swedish.
Sort of makes sense....




(true, though it´s spelled bajsa)

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 6:05PM]

Did they take the picture under a friggin gazebo? Look at that glare, its almost like a MacBook.

[MarbleMind Posted Nov 19th 2008 6:10PM]

There's that thing called CGI.

[DirtyVegas Posted Nov 19th 2008 6:55PM]

If they make this in 28 shades of sadness, the emo kids will lap it up.

[Eternal Density Posted Nov 19th 2008 7:16PM]

looks like painted ping pong balls to me.

in before "the lineart woman is hot" comments

[Kizul Emeraldfire Posted Nov 19th 2008 7:43PM]

The line-art woman is — aw, nut bunnies!

[Kizul Emeraldfire Posted Nov 19th 2008 7:48PM]

I might get one of these, simply because.

And because those who know me from IRC know that I put at least one emoticon into every line I type almost, therefore it'd seem strange if I DIDN'T have this keyboard — they'd probably think it a MUST-have for me.

Also: I await the day when someone hacks this keyboard to make it so that it contains, not only /emoticons/, but the potential for /sixteen custom key-macros/. That would be awesome, too. :D

P.S.: I really wish I could use the 'italics' tag. :(

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 8:15PM]

This concept infuriates me.
I do not know why.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 8:43PM]

Does wearing both a happy and sad face indicate that you have bipolar?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2008 10:43PM]

If you use emotes enough to need a special keyboard, I'd sort of like to strangle you.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 20th 2008 4:51PM]

Those look like "Proxy Grenades" .Unreal Tournament . ChaosUT.

/Living in the past

[Copland Posted Nov 21st 2008 3:40AM]

Was this inspired by the Japanese food, Takoyaki ? lol

://blog.so-net.ne.jp/_images/blog/_cd5/marubee/11602275.jpg
(type in "http" at the beginning.)