$19 Million Kaufmann Desert House
The Kaufmann Desert House, aka Kaufmann House, was commissioned by Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. and designed by Austrian émigré Richard Neutra, a former colleague of Frank Lloyd Wright. This house was one of Neutra’s last…
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.
3D Printing Titanium Spacecraft Fuel Tanks
Lockheed Martin and partners are at work on developing the Orion Spacecraft, expected to take astronauts into deep space, possibly to Mars. While much of the technology that is needed to prepare and carry out…
Replacing ISS With a Space Colony on the Dark Side of the Moon
Europe has chosen their next Space Chief, Johan-Dietrich Worner. Last month in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the Space Foundations National Space Symposium, a gathering of global commercial, civil, military and space experts, Worner announced the…
SpaceX To Test Revolutionary Space Launch Escape System This Week
With Elon Musk at the helm SpaceX has come a long way in its short history. While all of SpaceX’s missions have gone exceedingly well there could come a time, and we should expect it,…
Greased Lightning: NASA’s New 10-Engine Hybrid Wing Electric Plane
Companies, including government contractor Lockheed Martin, are seeking ways to design radically more efficient military transport aircraft to reduce fuel costs and logistical problems related to landing and takeoff. NASA’s new GL-10 “Greased Lightning” Plane…
Low Global Oil Prices Could Last Decades, Stimulate Growth
Today, the price of oil is $60 a barrel. Over the past year, the price has remained under $100 and has been as low as the mid to high 40’s. Oil prices have not been…
Real Time Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Supporting Sustainable Development
Canada is one of the world’s largest suppliers of forest products and is beginning to use Earth observation GIS technology, including remote sensing, to track 83 indicators to measure whether or not its forests are…
Teaching Engineering With Cartoons & Funny Machines
Capturing the Imagination of College Freshmen Add simplicity, bright colors, creativity, and imagination and you’ve got the series of cartoons introducing young and old alike to economics, statistics, climate change, engineering, physics and more. One…
Autonomous Swarm Boats Helping US Navy on Toughest Missions (Video)
The use of drones brings to mind unmanned planes flying over enemy targets. Now, the US Navy is taking up the use of swarms of drone boats, or “unmanned surface vehicles” (USVs), which are remotely…
NASA May Arm International Space Station with Space Junk Zapping Laser Cannon
The amount of stuff circling the earth, much of it junk, is staggering and would be funny if it weren’t so serious. IndustryTap has written “Time to Clean Up Thousands of Dead Satellites Orbiting Earth” about the…
