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.

New Railroad Technology & the Future of Transport

According to Buckminster Fuller, the invention of railroads occurred when seafaring people in the South Pacific needed a way to “land” their ships. A simple system of rails was developed with wheels attached to the…

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How e-Voting & Collaborative Technologies Will Create Transparent US Democracy

Jettisoning an Outdated US Political System Mark Twain famously said: “if voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.” Frank Zappa said, “the president heads the entertainment division (i.e., the government) of the…

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Tsunami Detection & Early Warning With Deep Ocean Sound Waves

Anyone who has seen videos of the tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, killing 20,000 Japanese and costing $300 billion, or the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 that killed 230,000 and cost $15 billion, knows and is afraid…

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Amphibious Architecture: Floating Seawall Harvests Waves, Protects Property

UNSECO’s Flood Resilience Group (FRG) is charged with studying and making recommendations about flood risk management worldwide. The group studies previous and ongoing flooding events, such as Fukushima, to glean scientific knowledge and practical approaches…

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What Will Cities Look Like, Be Like in 2050?

Will Humans be Packed in Like Sardines? The world’s current population is about 7.3 billion. By 2050, the population is expected to reach as high as 11 billion, or one and a half times the…

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$5,000 3D Printer for Consumers

IndustryTap has reported on fashion student Grace Choi’s 3D printer for cosmetics, MINK, which has the potential to shake up the $80 billion cosmetics industry. This type of story is typical when new technologies emerge.…

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Global Sensor Markets Exploding

Recent headlines suggest global sensor markets will undergo significant growth between now and 2020. Nearly all sensor types are benefiting from a number of major trends. First is the Internet of Things (IoT) which requires…

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Carbon Nanotubes Convert Light Directly Into DC Current

When you listen to a radio, sometimes you have to adjust your antenna to improve the signal. An “Optical Rectenna” is an antenna that processes light energy from the sun, converting it to DC current. In…

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The Moon & Asteroids as Stepping Stones to Mars

We have read much about coming space missions that will first visit the moon and asteroids. These missions would be waypoints on the way to a Mars Mission and deeper space exploration. It has yet…

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Huge Floating Multi-Level Barge Farms Could Help Feed the World

IndustryTap has reported on a number of agricultural innovations including agricultural robots, farming factories, urban agriculture, shipping container farms, space agriculture aboard the ISS, and more. Now a Barcelona design company, Forward Thinking Architecture (FTA), has designed…

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Author Archives: David Russell Schilling

About David Russell Schilling

New Railroad Technology & the Future of Transport

How e-Voting & Collaborative Technologies Will Create Transparent US Democracy

Tsunami Detection & Early Warning With Deep Ocean Sound Waves

Amphibious Architecture: Floating Seawall Harvests Waves, Protects Property

What Will Cities Look Like, Be Like in 2050?

$5,000 3D Printer for Consumers

Global Sensor Markets Exploding

Carbon Nanotubes Convert Light Directly Into DC Current

The Moon & Asteroids as Stepping Stones to Mars

Huge Floating Multi-Level Barge Farms Could Help Feed the World

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