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Shareholders & Employees Wrestle Over $4.5 Billion Supermarket Chain A recent US national hot potato was the story of Market Basket, a chain of over 80 supermarkets in New England which has its roots in…
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.
SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array Survives Destructive California Wildfire
The Allen Telescope Array, located in a secluded valley in Hatcreek, Northern California, is a network of 42 six meter telescope two stories tall. The array has been designed to eventually include 250 dishes and…
Solar Trailing Wind In Race Of Renewable Energy Sources
The writing is on the wall: the alternative energy revolution must continue apace if humanity is to meet various requirements before mid-century: lowering pollution in the atmosphere, slowing the emission of greenhouse gases and transitioning…
Stephen Hawking: College, Marriage & Motor Neuron Disease, A Movie Trailer
As someone who writes about science and technology every day, the life of Stephen Hawking is simply one of the best stories one could imagine. Not only has he changed the world with his thinking,…
The Inexorable March Of Progress: Horse Power To Horsepower, Human Power To Humanpower
When horses were replaced by cars in the early 20th century, automobile manufacturers used the term “horsepower” to refer to the strength of their new internal combustion engines. The Model T produced 20 horsepower (15kW)…
Longest Bridge In The World To Connect Hong Kong, Pearl River Delta
Increasing Flow of People, Goods & Capital Chinese construction company CCCC-FHDI is in the process of building a $12 billion, 31 mile (50 km) bridge between Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai, in effect connecting the…
Boy Receives First 3D Printed Vertebrae Implant
A number of miraculous uses of 3D printed implants is revolutionizing the way people recover from accidents and deal with congenital abnormalities. At Peking University’s Third Hospital, a titanium implant, which has been designed to…
Wunderkind Magic Leap, Blending Real & Virtual Worlds, Raises $542 Million
Companies offering virtual and augmented reality products and services are getting a lot of attention these days from deep pockets in Silicon Valley. Oculus Rift, for example was recently purchased for $2 billion by Facebook…
Feather And Bowling Ball In A Gravity Simulator
Sir Issac Newton’s Centuries Old Question Everyone has heard about the feather and the bowling ball: if dropped from the same distance above the earth in a vacuum they will fall at the same rate…
Fuhu & Dreamworks: Immersing Kids In Engaging Educational Experiences
One of the America’s Fastest Growing Companies If anyone needs a new technology based educational ecosystem it is kids. It is children who have one foot in the old world, educated in traditional schools, and…
