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.

Just Do It or Just Say No to a Drug That Gives You a Photographic Memory?

The image above is being drawn by Stephan Wiltshire, an autistic young man, who can draw city skylines accurately after taking one helicopter ride. Since 2009, Wiltshire has traveled to Tokyo, Rome, Hong Kong and…

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$616 Million Millennium Tower to Alter Boston Skyline

IndustryTap wrote about the largest US public works project in US history, The Big Dig, built in Boston between 1991 and 2006, costing $14.7 billion. Millennium Tower was planned on the heels of the Big…

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130-Year-Old Tabernacle Ready for Rebirth with Massive Foundation Project

In Provo, Utah, engineers are saving the 130-year-old Provo Tabernacle that was gutted by fire in 2010. The building has huge historic and spiritual significance for Provo’s “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” (LDS)…

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Heavy Construction Equipment Market to Grow From $100 to $200 Billion by 2020

In the mining industry, a mine’s “health” is determined by a canary; if the canary perishes, miners run for the hills. The “health” of the world economy often depends on the performance of its heavy…

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Pop Quiz: What’s the Largest Airplane in the World?

Many people have been tripped up by the question, “What is the largest airplane in the world?” Howard Hughes is famous for many things but the Hughes H-4 Hercules, more commonly known as the “Spruce Goose”,…

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RC Vehicles Take Autonomous Flight with ArduPilot Mega Project

Get an email when the fern your mother gave you needs watering. Connect your Wii Guitar Hero World Tour drum set to a MIDI piano for the ultimate jam session. Create a clock that speaks…

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Canada Lands $25 Billion State-of-the-Art Natural Gas Project

Kitimat may be a small city on the coast of British Columbia but it’s quickly becoming a major player in Canadian industry. Score another for Kitimat with the Kitimat LNG project. Apache Corp. (APA), the…

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The Future For Engineers is “Near The Tipping Point”

The United States has gone through decades of deindustrialization and the economy transforming into a mostly finance-based system with inherent “boom and bust” cycles that are more “smoke and mirrors” than “meat and potatoes.” This…

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Are We Doomed?

Apocalyptic predictions date back thousands of years with the most recent Mayan doomsday prediction for 12/12/2012. We’ve been told we’re going to turn to dust, or worse, zombies. Yet, we’re still here in spite of…

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The U.S. Surges into the Future of Tidal Energy

Verdant Power’s Roosevelt Island “Free Flow” or “Six Pack” Tidal Energy hydrokinetic technology (RITE) project is the first of its kind for the U.S. Between 2006 and 2009, six grid-connected turbines were installed in New…

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Author Archives: David Russell Schilling

About David Russell Schilling

Just Do It or Just Say No to a Drug That Gives You a Photographic Memory?

$616 Million Millennium Tower to Alter Boston Skyline

130-Year-Old Tabernacle Ready for Rebirth with Massive Foundation Project

Heavy Construction Equipment Market to Grow From $100 to $200 Billion by 2020

Pop Quiz: What’s the Largest Airplane in the World?

RC Vehicles Take Autonomous Flight with ArduPilot Mega Project

Canada Lands $25 Billion State-of-the-Art Natural Gas Project

The Future For Engineers is “Near The Tipping Point”

Are We Doomed?

The U.S. Surges into the Future of Tidal Energy

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