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.

Costa Concordia Righted in Biggest Salvage Operation of Its Kind

More than 500 engineers from 24 countries have worked together to successfully right the Costa Concordia. It took 19 hours to pull the 114,000-ton cruise ship upright. In her prime, the Costa Concordia carried 3,700…

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Kuwait to Harness 2,000 MW of Renewable Energy with New Project

Interested in building a 70 megawatt solar power farm in the next three years? Kuwait’s looking for companies who want to join a three-phase process to generate a total of 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy…

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Fusion Reactions Captured On Camera, 1 Billion Frames Per Second!

An emerging theme in science and engineering is the identification and tracking of particles and other phenomena that are fleeting and cannot be tracked either by the human eye or the most powerful microscopes. The…

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Surrealism Movement’s Delightfully Disturbing Influence on Architecture

We’ve all seen buildings that twist, turn and seem to challenge gravity. They may be beautiful or downright disturbing. These architectural masterpieces are inspired by the Surrealism movement that began in the 1920s. Surrealism tends…

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Why Flow Meters are Future $5.1 Billion Industry Stars

Drinking your favorite brew or ice cold soda on a hot, dry day, goes down really easy. But what about the reverse: filling bottles by tens or hundreds of thousands, millions or even billions? Not…

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Space-Based Solar Power Beams Energy to Infinity and Beyond

Lunar Outposts And Floating Arrays As scientists and engineers contemplate exploring beyond the moon, it has been suggested the moon might serve as a base for mining, asteroid capture, manufacturing — eventually being a supply…

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Get Ready for Adventure. A Look into the Design & Technology of Splashin’ Safari Water Park

Holiday World, founded in 1946 by industrialist Lewis J. Koch, ran for decades as a “holiday” theme park, having areas for Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Fourth of July rides and activities. The facility expanded in 1993…

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Traveling Faster Than the Speed of Light Could Be a Reality

Interstellar Travel: Moving Stationary Objects Through Space Time Warp drive as we know it has always been a science fiction fantasy, until now. Scientist and Professor Miguel Alcubierre, National University of Mexico, a self-avowed science…

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Molex Makes Biggest Connection Yet in $7.2 Billion Deal

Interconnections Product Maker With Global Integrated Technical & Information Systems Electronic connector maker Molex, based in Lisle, Illinois, USA, was purchased on Monday by privately-held conglomerate Koch Industries for $7.2 billion. Molex, with yearly net…

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Automating Wild Turkey Bourbon Production

Wild Turkey bourbon has been in production for more than a century. The original batch, created in 1855, is a mix of corn, rye and malt barley. Nearly 100 years later, in 1940, Thomas McCarthy,…

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