Today’s kids are too young to remember when the original classic Game Boy first came out some 20 years ago, but I doubt many will be fooled into thinking that it dates back to the Victorian era.

Still, this steampunk Game Boy case mod by Thretris might fool a few gullible young gamers. In addition to endowing it with a cool weathered gold finish and lots of add on mechanical bits, Thretris added the Pro Sound Mod audio output, so you can hear the appropriately cheesy soundtrack that came with most games back in the early ’90s.

DeviantART, via Coolest Gadgets

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Look at that gorgeous face. Sox is a beautifully behaved lurcher lad who is great with children. He isn’t used to living with dogs but is fine when he meets them. Provided he’s had his walk, he’s happy to be left for a few hours. Can you resist him…?

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Kent Displays has been working on its no-power reflex LCD for a while now, but now the company has sprouted a new arm — Improv Electronics — and that arm is clutching the new Boogie Board LCD Writing Tablet.

It’s not a tablet computer meant to take on Apple’s upcoming offering or HP’s Slate. Instead, it’s a clip you can write on and erase on its pressure-sensitive display, and it only uses power — from a watch battery — when it needs to erase. It’s good for 50,000 erase cycles, the company says.

The Boogie Board already sold out at Amazon, but when they returned Imrpov will be selling each Boogie Board for $30 — or “15 times less” than a sheet in a steno notepad all things considered, the company says.

Read the full press release after the jump, if you’re into that.

Via TFTS

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Sundance Film Festival, with a bunch of scientists, philosophers and engineers weighing in on the future the film feels we’re headed toward: one flush with helpful robots.

The film’s stars are surgical robots and Honda’s ASIMO (with a few cameo appearances from some robo-friends of DVICE), with plenty of the staff working on the ASIMO chiming in. Research on the ‘bot significantly boosted Honda’s other R&D efforts — such as improving the brakes on the company cars — and was even helps us all learn more about ourselves. Masato Hirose, the executive chief engineer working on the ASIMO, likened its development to a child’s: “When the robot took its first step, it was the most memorable moment.”

Check out an 8-minute trailer for Living With Robots below, courtesy of Engadget. (Which, unfortunately, turns into something of a commercial for Honda about halfway through, but to be fair the company does have one of the coolest bipedal ‘bots around, so we’ll cut ‘em some slack.)

Via Engadget

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According to AutoblogGreen, ousted Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard has confirmed he is indeed working on Volkswagen of America’s EV lineup.

The rumor was first reported back in March of 2009 by a Tesla employee who remains anonymous. Since then, Eberhard’s defamation/breach of contract suit against the company has ended. The dispute was with Tesla’s major financial backer and current CEO, Elon Musk.

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