Ryan Deal

A House of Ultimate Technology Products

Posted by: Ryan Deal on October 15th, 2009

In a world where technology breaks at the speed of light, sometimes, pots and pans are all you need. Actually, that’s not true, in fact, I think it took more technology to take the picture then if you were to combine everything in this room.

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Ryan Deal

13 Awesome Ways To Trick Out Your MacBook

Posted by: Ryan Deal on October 14th, 2009

MacBooks are designed to be sexy on their own, but when everyone you know has one, you’ve gotta separate yourself from the pack. Here are 13 awesome ways to do that using vinyl decals. Oh, and here are some other awesome Apple mods.

1. Space Invaders Forever

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Ryan Deal

This Just May Be The First GPS Ever

Posted by: Ryan Deal on September 21st, 2009

Topcultured’s got a new look and in celebration of that, we thought we’d start off with a post about something old. So here it is… the first GPS ever!!

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And here are two other prototypes that didn’t quite make the cut:

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Ryan Deal

10 Everyday Products That Bring Out Your Inner Ninja

Posted by: Ryan Deal on July 30th, 2009

Ninjas are stealthy, quick, and most of the time (when they are killing you) invisible to the naked eye. In fact, although you may not see them, ninjas are everywhere, they may just be using one of the following gadgets to blend in.

1. Ninja Throwing Star Refrigerator Magnets (via)

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Julie Bort

Malaria parasites? There’s an iPhone app for that!

Posted by: Julie Bort on July 23rd, 2009

UC Berkeley researchers have developed a microscope built on a cell phone that not only takes color images of icky things like malaria parasites, but also of super-icky things like tuberculosis bacteria. Although I don’t personally want to use my cell phone to discover how many germs I’m living amongst, the technology is a major step in making clinical tools more accessible, and affordable, for health workers in the field.


Garret Ohm

Could the Asus Eee be the Best Keyboard Ever?

Posted by: Garret Ohm on July 14th, 2009

I just read about a new tech product to be launched in a few months that’s essentially a full-sized keyboard that integrates an entire Windows PC inside. Developed by Asus, the Eee Keyboard integrates the same tiny circuit board as their Eee PC notebook and comes with a 5.5″ touch-sensitive display which I have to say is awkwardly located to the right of the keys.

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Ryan Deal

This iPhone Stencil Kit Makes it Easy to Design an App

Posted by: Ryan Deal on June 19th, 2009

So you’ve got a great idea for an iPhone app (who doesn’t?) but you can’t design it, let alone develop it. So what do you do? Put pen to paper and send off your idea only to get something totally different because your S’s look like 5’s and you can’t draw a perfect circle? No. Well, before now yes, but now you’ve got this handy tool… its a stencil for designing iPhone apps, complete with every button and icon available for the iPhone UI.

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Jonathan Baker

Forget the iPhone… I Want a Pez Gun

Posted by: Jonathan Baker on June 4th, 2009

When I see something like this, I get pissed. Not because of what it is or what it represents, but because I didn’t get to play with stuff this cool when I was young. It’s a Pez dispenser that’s also a toy gun. It shoots delicious, delicious Pez. How freaking cool is that?

Unfortunately, these were taken off the market because, apparently, having kids stick a gun in their mouths and pull the trigger is a no-no.