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.

What Caused The Bangladesh Building To Collapse Killing Over 800?

Sudden Restart of Huge Generators & Thousands of Sewing Machines After a Brief Power Outage Likely Precipitated Collapse Following the April 24th eight story factory building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh that has killed over 800…

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A French Nuclear Disaster Could Cost $7.5 Trillion Dollars, Three Times Their GDP

Perhaps the most poignant image of the Fukushima nuclear disaster may be the mystic four foot-high 700 year old stone, reportedly one of hundreds of similar signs near Fukushima, warning people not to build housing…

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Mega Trends April 2013, Lambo Police Cars, Supersonic Aircraft And More…

Architecture When you think of architecture you don’t often think of telescopes. But the Thirty Meter Telescope under development at Hawaii’s Mauna Kea facility is something to look at. This telescope will see further than…

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Retractable Roof Stadiums: Fans Love Them But At What Cost?

In 1980 Syracuse University, in upstate New York, opened the largest on-campus dome facility in the United States. Syracuse, known as the snowiest and wettest large city in the United States, after 73 years of…

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Oslo Running Out Of Trash, How Much Is Yours Worth?

Oslo, Norway is a city of 1.4 million people that finds itself in the enviable position of having to import garbage. In fact half of Oslo’s residents need a steady supply of garbage in order…

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Boenig 747 Falls From The Sky, Killing Seven (Video)

NATO reported today that a National Airlines Boeing 747-428 cargo plane crashed as it took off from US-run Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on its way to Dubai yesterday killing all seven on board. A dramatic…

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Mercedes-Benz Unimog, Work In Style

From the company that sold the world’s first bus in 1895 and truck in 1896, Mercedes-Benz this week introduced a new generation of trucks for 2014: the Unimog extreme off-road series and Econic trucks. Both…

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Solar Impulse Plane Takes Another Step Toward Crossing USA – Slide Show

An Aviation First The creators of the solar powered airplane, Solar Impulse, recently completed their first test flight of the aircraft, flying for two hours over San Francisco. The test flight was conducted in advance…

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Engineers Vying for $250,000 Sikorsky Prize, Unclaimed for 30 years

In 1983 the American Helicopter Society put up a $250,000 award to go to the first group that could build a helicopter capable of hovering for one minute, reach a height of 9.8 ft. (3m)…

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Australian High-Speed Rail to Cost $118 billion, Will Take Decades to Complete

Australia has been toying with the idea of building a high-speed rail network for over 20 years but relatively cheap airline rates, good old automobiles and an existing but slow train system pushed off a…

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Author Archives: David Russell Schilling

About David Russell Schilling

What Caused The Bangladesh Building To Collapse Killing Over 800?

A French Nuclear Disaster Could Cost $7.5 Trillion Dollars, Three Times Their GDP

Mega Trends April 2013, Lambo Police Cars, Supersonic Aircraft And More…

Retractable Roof Stadiums: Fans Love Them But At What Cost?

Oslo Running Out Of Trash, How Much Is Yours Worth?

Boenig 747 Falls From The Sky, Killing Seven (Video)

Mercedes-Benz Unimog, Work In Style

Solar Impulse Plane Takes Another Step Toward Crossing USA – Slide Show

Engineers Vying for $250,000 Sikorsky Prize, Unclaimed for 30 years

Australian High-Speed Rail to Cost $118 billion, Will Take Decades to Complete

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