The $300 House: Not Charity, Innovation!
Some believe home ownership is a key to a feeling of personal security and some call it “empowering the poor”. In the developed world housing prices and the financing of home loans seem to be…
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.
In Depth: Industrial Internet Will Add $15 Trillion to Global GDP by 2030
The Industrial Internet is described as an “ecosystem of connected machines and software” designed to increase efficiency, minimize waste, and help people make better decisions. A recent GE white paper “Pushing the Boundaries of Minds…
Largest Power Generating Hydroelectric Dams in the World
According to IEEE Spectrum energy from water makes up about one-fifth of the world’s electricity or about 900 gigawatts; the trend will continue due to a large number of powerful rivers and hydro’s low cost…
Epic Engineering Failures Can Lead to Massive Loss of Life
Failure is a part of life and serves as a “teachable moment” for those who are open to learning. Human history is full of failures, sometimes very tragic as is evident in the following examples…
Building Automation & Controls Market to Reach $50 billion by 2018
Building Automation and Controls (BAC) are a combination of hardware and software that control a building’s power systems; lighting and illumination; electric power and control; security, observation and magnetic card access; heating, ventilation and air-conditioning…
PlayStation & Xbox Consoles Enhancing High-Performance Military Computer Simulations
Simulating Life and Death For soldiers, being well-trained can make the difference between life and death. Not only are soldiers using individual versions of computer games to simulate real-life combat but the Defense Department is…
Programming Cells to Perform Disease-Fighting Computations
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Surgical Snake Robots: Accessing Organs and Tissues Deep in the Body
In a recent IndustryTap article “InSightec of Israel . . .” we looked at the next generation non-invasive operating room; clearly the development of minimally invasive technologies to repair and diagnose illnesses is a major…
Haskel’s “No-Hassle” Liquid Pump Selector Saves Time and Money
Unproductive online searching for critical information on key products is so “last century.” Keeping with its history and mission of providing excellent products and service Haskel International (Haskel) has introduced an innovative online search tool.…
How did West, Texas Plant Explosion Register 2.1 on the Richter Scale?
Similar to Oklahoma City Bombing The most well-known and highly publicized incident illustrating the devastating effects of an ammonium nitrate explosion was the Oklahoma City bombing in 1994. That explosion involved one hundred 50 pound…
