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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-23787%[Via OhGizmo]
PS3 firmware 1.90 hits Japan, Europe tomorrow, NA "coming soon"
Firmware 1.90 is infecting Japanese PS3s as you read this. Symptoms of 1.90 – helpfully deciphered at NeoGAF – include: XMB backgrounds Move games in XMB up and down Eject games, CD's and movies from XMB by pressing triangle, and selecting "Eject Disk" Force 24Hz output for Blu-ray over HDMI Change the frequency of music to either 44.1, 88.2, or 176.4 kHz Change the PS3 video settings in-game Change the output settings – like the upscaling options and smoothing – while you're playing PS and PS2 games Bookmark function in the file menu of the web browser Emoticons and XMB backgrounds all in one day? While that's great for Japanese PS3 owners, ThreeSpeech says the update will be available in Europe tomorrow, SCEA's Patrick Seybold has said we can expect news on the firmware "early [this] week", and PSN's Eric Lampel said the update is "coming soon." We'll be sure to give you a full rundown of the (real) release notes as soon as we find 'em. [Via PS3 Fanboy]
