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.

Oculus Rift Is The Virtual Reality Headset Gaming Has Been Waiting For

Oculus Rift, a product of Oculus VR Inc. (OR), is a headset that fully immerses a player into a game; the platform also has a “Head Tracking Kit” allowing developers to write software for the…

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With More Than 4 Billion Years Experience, Is Nature The Best Engineer?

National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge – Sustainability Building sustainable societies using nature as a model is one of humanities great challenges and is a key to our future according to the National Academy of…

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Planet IQ Can Improve Environmental Disaster Predictions, Saving Millions

In a recent IndustryTap article on hurricanes, MIT professor of atmospheric science, Emanuel describes the US weather data collecting system as hopelessly out of date and behind the times so that scientists and engineers are…

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Mining Asteroids Will Create A Trillion-Dollar Industry, The Modern Day Gold Rush?

Big Dreams Live: Revolutionizing the Economics of Space Travel Claiming they have identified the new “Iron Range of Minnesota” the vast store of natural resources upon which the US automobile industry was built over decades,…

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The Ten Fastest Growing Markets & Technologies Worldwide (Slide Show)

In this article we will take a look at the ten fastest growing markets and technology worldwide in 2013. 1. Smartphones & Smart Apps Recent reports are that the desktop market is flat and the…

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Apple’s Massive 100 Acre Solar Power Farm Producing 42 Million kWh’s A Year

Apple’s website provides detailed information on its environmental footprint and their progress in reducing it. Estimates are Apple’s total carbon footprint was 30.9 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2012. As is clear…

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Fastest Roller Coaster And Largest Indoor Theme Park In The World

Autophile’s Dream Were you to wake up in Ferrari World in Abu Dubai you might think you were waking up in an autophile’s dream world; just don’t forget to bring your Formula One racing glasses!…

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Mega Trends May 2013, Super Storms, Artificial Retinas, Laser Guided Digging And More…

Each month IndustryTap looks back at the previous month to identify megatrends in architecture, automobiles, aviation, construction, design, energy, engineering and technology. Here are some of the big stories from May 2013! Responding to the…

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Developing Super Human Cells For Longer Life

In their most recent book, “Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever” Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman explain how new technologies especially nanotechnology will push human lifespans to centuries and eventually longer. Immortality? The…

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Rio-Antirrio Bridge: The World’s Longest Multi-Span Cable-System

The world’s longest cable-stayed bridge was built in Greece between 1998 and 2004 to augment one of the oldest ferry systems in Europe. It has a suspended deck of 7,388 feet (2252 m), four pylons…

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Author Archives: David Russell Schilling

About David Russell Schilling

Oculus Rift Is The Virtual Reality Headset Gaming Has Been Waiting For

With More Than 4 Billion Years Experience, Is Nature The Best Engineer?

Planet IQ Can Improve Environmental Disaster Predictions, Saving Millions

Mining Asteroids Will Create A Trillion-Dollar Industry, The Modern Day Gold Rush?

The Ten Fastest Growing Markets & Technologies Worldwide (Slide Show)

Apple’s Massive 100 Acre Solar Power Farm Producing 42 Million kWh’s A Year

Fastest Roller Coaster And Largest Indoor Theme Park In The World

Mega Trends May 2013, Super Storms, Artificial Retinas, Laser Guided Digging And More…

Developing Super Human Cells For Longer Life

Rio-Antirrio Bridge: The World’s Longest Multi-Span Cable-System

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