Author Archives: David Russell Schilling

About David Russell Schilling

David enjoys writing about high technology and its potential to make life better for all who inhabit planet earth.

Exploring Underwater Ghost Towns, Some Lost Forever

Some cities end up underwater due to storm induced flooding and inadequate storm drainage while others are submerged as part of a plan to build a large dam. Whatever the cause the results are quite spectacular…

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A Look At Kepler Discovered “Most Earth Like” Planets to Date

NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered two new planetary systems: Kepler-62 with five planets and Kepler-69 with two planets. The two systems include three super-Earth size planets in the habitable zone of their stars. To date,…

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Total US Installed Wind Power Capacity Equivalent To 60 Nuclear Power Plants

The US wind industry is now the leading builder of new US power generation capacity among all forms at 42%. At the end of 2012 the US had 45,125 utility-scale turbines with a capacity of…

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Wasting $150 Billion Annually In Topsoil Loss — How Will “Upcycling” Change That?

Sustainability, biomimicry, biology, futurism, ecology, ecosystems: these terms have recently begun to have more weight in public discourse signaling a change in questions being asked and thinking about how humans should live on and interact…

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Flexible Solar Cells Mounted On Everyday 8.5 x 11 Paper

Miles Barr, an MIT student studying chemical engineering, was awarded the 2012 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT student prize for his innovative “Printed Paper Photovoltaics” or “3PV” design. The design competition was funded by Italian oil company Eni…

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The World’s Fastest And Tallest Roller Coasters

International Amusement Installations or Intamin manufactures and sells rides, thrill rides and transportation systems. All told, they have the tallest and fastest rides in the world, the rides with the most inversions, and some of…

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NASA’s $1.5 million Unmanned Aircraft Competition: Can You Make The Skies Safer?

NASA has so many missions it’s hard to keep track of them all: there is a directory listing current and future missions, a launch schedule and the history of past missions. In the coming months…

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Swarm Robotics Mimicking Human Behavior

Humans “swarm” when they get together on opposite sides of a battle field and prepare to fight. The winner is usually the side with the stronger, smarter technology combined with bravery and a superior strategic…

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Biomedical Engineering Is Revolutionizing Medicine

According to Professor Saltzman of Stanford University, biomedical engineering takes science, mathematics and engineering and applies it to improving human health. This article is a quick overview of some of the older technologies and activities…

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Big Ben And The London Eye’s New Rival, 35 Story ArcelorMittal Orbit Sculpture (Slide Show)

After an Olympics costing the British $14.5 billion (9.3 billion pounds) the ArcelorMittal Orbit remains controversial. The “random and chaotic” design or what the Guardian called “the infinitely looping lattice” of the $24 million (16…

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Author Archives: David Russell Schilling

About David Russell Schilling

Exploring Underwater Ghost Towns, Some Lost Forever

A Look At Kepler Discovered “Most Earth Like” Planets to Date

Wasting $150 Billion Annually In Topsoil Loss — How Will “Upcycling” Change That?

Flexible Solar Cells Mounted On Everyday 8.5 x 11 Paper

The World’s Fastest And Tallest Roller Coasters

NASA’s $1.5 million Unmanned Aircraft Competition: Can You Make The Skies Safer?

Swarm Robotics Mimicking Human Behavior

Biomedical Engineering Is Revolutionizing Medicine

Big Ben And The London Eye’s New Rival, 35 Story ArcelorMittal Orbit Sculpture (Slide Show)

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