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 Cybernetic Bionic Ear Will Increase Human Hearing

Modern multi-channel implantable hearing devices were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1985 for adults and in 1990 for children. Since that time approximately 300,000 cochlear implants worldwide have been conducted…

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5 Of The Most Exciting Civil Engineering Projects Happening Right Now

Alvarado Water Treatment Plant Expansion of the water treatment plant in San Diego began in 2008. The project is expected to take 20 years and will be completed in five phases. The new facility will…

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Futuristic Hotel Designs From Self-Sustaining To Luxury Floating

These days there are more types of hotels to choose from than pastries in an Italian pastry shop. Categories include: Hip (popular with celebrities); underwater, themed boutique, romantic, casino, compact, eco-friendly (IndustryTap, Jul. 2013), child-friendly,…

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Container Ships A Quarter Mile Long And Taller Than Olympic Stadiums

The forerunner of the container vessel was the traditional freighter which simply carried cargo of all kinds, often in the same ship. These ships had a number of deck-mounted cranes used to transfer cargo from…

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World’s Largest Foundation Fieldbus Manages Most Complex Refinery In The World

When Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) expanded its refinery in Jamnager, Gujarat, India in 2008, it was given a Nelson Complexity Index of 14.0, making it one of the most sophisticated refineries in the world. The…

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Glowing Plants Could Act As Biological Night Lights

An endearing and somewhat scary piece of human folklore centers around the mad scientist who is at least slightly kooky and sacrifices everything we hold dear to accomplish his ambitious but diabolical scheme. We know…

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Tile: Track Your Stuff And Never Lose Anything Again

IndustryTap recently reported about the demise of barcoding, which has had a several decade run helping stores and businesses better manage inventory and sales. The new technology, RFID, or Radio Frequency Identification, provide many advantages…

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The Mobile Phone Is An Engineers Biggest Tool

A Boon For Scientists, Doctors, Patients and Society Scientists and engineers are bringing together smart phones, sensors and positioning technologies to produce new health and environment monitoring systems, games, art applications and more. The ubiquity…

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New Architectural Materials Are Creating Amazing Buildings

MIT is a bastion of leading engineering disciplines and recent advances in architectural geometry, for example, leverage knowledge and experience from across the MIT community, pushing innovative technology forward at a faster clip. Advances Coming…

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Brave New Nano Flexible Phones and Shrinking Gadgets

Soon people will be able to shop in a store and leave without checking out. Ubiquitous “scan your own items” checkout lines will disappear and remote wireless RFID readers will tally up the items in…

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