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.

Tech Companies Attempting to Gut Facial Recognition & Biometric Laws

Recent lawsuits against Facebook challenging its use of facial recognition and photo tagging software to identify people in photos uploaded to its website are moving forward. In short, Facebook is carrying out phase scanning without…

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Top Companies Turning to Internal Crowdsourcing Platforms to Supercharge Productivity

Dr. Lav Varshney, assistant professor of Computer & Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois’ Coordinated Science Lab, believes the holy grail of business productivity comes from maximizing the number of tasks that are given…

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Metabolic Switch For Thermogenesis, Fat Storage Could Cure Obesity

Could it be that a metabolic switch, or switches, analogous to a simple light switch, can turn on and off obesity? Could it really be that simple? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

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Machine Learning Algorithms Making Robots 1000x More Capable Than Humans

At a recent Microsoft Developers Build Conference in San Francisco, one presenter discussed how robots are being designed to do human work through the use of machine learning (ML). Take, for instance, lettuce cutting. A…

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China’s Foxconn Has Replaced 60,000 Factory Workers with Robots

Are Human Workers Obsolete? Contract fabricator Foxconn, or Hon Hai Precision, the world’s largest manufacturer of Apple’s iPhones, iPads and Macs, as well as Samsung smartphones and Microsoft products, has replaced 60,000 of its workers…

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Amazing Videos of Railroad Tracks Laid by Automated Equipment

The speed with which today’s automated equipment lays railroad track is amazing. In the old days, railroad tracks were laid by huge crews of workers who did everything by hand. The two videos below show…

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Fake 3D Printed Rhinoceros Horns Could Be Mortal Blow to Poaching Trade

The four largest illegal markets in the world are: 1) drugs, 2) arms, 3) human trafficking, and 4) wildlife. While some of these trades may seem intractable, a new technology may help solve some problems…

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New DNA Storage Technique Saves 1B Terabytes Per Gram

The Intersection of Information Technology & Biology Earlier this year, IndustryTap reported on a DNA storage project spearheaded by Microsoft and the University of Washington to store digital data in DNA. According to researchers, the…

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$2.3 Billion Gotthard Base Railway Tunnel Opens as World’s Longest, Deepest

AlpTransit Gotthard, the company charged with building the world’s longest railway tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel, celebrated its opening on June 1, 2016, after 17 years of work. The Gotthard project is part of the…

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IT Security vs. the Shadow Warriors

Security is about trust. Companies that don’t have complete faith in the vendors or supply chains they use are taking huge risks as businesses and passing those risks onto their customers. The Common Criteria for…

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Author Archives: David Russell Schilling

About David Russell Schilling

Tech Companies Attempting to Gut Facial Recognition & Biometric Laws

Top Companies Turning to Internal Crowdsourcing Platforms to Supercharge Productivity

Metabolic Switch For Thermogenesis, Fat Storage Could Cure Obesity

Machine Learning Algorithms Making Robots 1000x More Capable Than Humans

China’s Foxconn Has Replaced 60,000 Factory Workers with Robots

Amazing Videos of Railroad Tracks Laid by Automated Equipment

Fake 3D Printed Rhinoceros Horns Could Be Mortal Blow to Poaching Trade

New DNA Storage Technique Saves 1B Terabytes Per Gram

$2.3 Billion Gotthard Base Railway Tunnel Opens as World’s Longest, Deepest

IT Security vs. the Shadow Warriors

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