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.

Meet the World’s First Fully Articulated, Five Digit Prosthetic Hand

It’s easy to take our eyes, hands or legs for granted. With Touch Bionics, people with prosthetics may soon be taking them for granted too. It is estimated there are close to 50,000 potential users…

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Scaling Shenzen’s “Ping An Financial Center,” World’s 2nd Tallest Skyscraper

In the year 2000, the average height of the top 20 buildings in the world was 1,230 feet (375m) tall. In 2010, the top 20 averaged 1,440 feet (439m). By 2020, the top 20 will…

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Digital Cosmos to Include 32 Billion Devices Generating 44 Trillion GB of Data by 2020

An Exploding Digital Universe It used to be that the word “trillion” was seldom used. But in the past couple of decades, it has become part of common parlance. Now we are beginning to need the…

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“The Turning Test”: Driverless Vehicle Beats Amateur Race Car Driver on Race Circuit

Driverless Vehicle vs. Human A new type of man versus machine test, known as the “turning test,” has recently emerged. In it, a blindfolded passenger sitting in the backseat of a car driving around a…

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World’s Strongest Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Vessel

The Blue Marlin semi-submersible heavy lift vessel, pictured above, is owned by Dockwise Shipping of the Netherlands. Blue Marlin is designed to move large drilling rigs, up to 73,000 tons, on its ship deck. Blue…

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Robot Master Chef Cooks 2,000 Recipes, Cleans Up, Does the Dishes

A California company, Morley Robotics, has teamed with the UK’s Shadow Robot Company, to develop a smartphone-controlled robot master chef capable of cooking world-class fare just as Chef Watson. The robot was unveiled at a…

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Get Down to the Large Hadron Rap

One day we all may learn using rap. It’s rhythmic, lyrical and fun! Most importantly we may remember what we hear. Kate McAlpine, a graduate of Michigan State University where she received a dual degree…

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Flying Across Africa from Crete to Cape Town to Celebrate Early Aviators

In the pioneering age of aviation, Africa has some stories to tell. In the 1920s, pilots flew vintage planes over some of the most beautiful terrain in Africa along the Nile from Cairo to Khartoum,…

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EmoSpark AI Cube Could Be Your First Virtual Friend

Most have heard of Siri, but so far the technology is limited in what it delivers. A new invention, EmoSpark, seeks to use more sophisticated technology to track your facial expressions, emotions, and interests and…

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Virtual Tour of Madagascar, World’s Oldest Island, Via Google Earth

You may think Google Street Maps is intended for modern-day roads but, in fact, in remote parts of the world people travel via canoes, walk along ocean beaches, or climb mountain passes to get where…

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Author Archives: David Russell Schilling

About David Russell Schilling

Meet the World’s First Fully Articulated, Five Digit Prosthetic Hand

Scaling Shenzen’s “Ping An Financial Center,” World’s 2nd Tallest Skyscraper

Digital Cosmos to Include 32 Billion Devices Generating 44 Trillion GB of Data by 2020

“The Turning Test”: Driverless Vehicle Beats Amateur Race Car Driver on Race Circuit

World’s Strongest Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Vessel

Robot Master Chef Cooks 2,000 Recipes, Cleans Up, Does the Dishes

Get Down to the Large Hadron Rap

Flying Across Africa from Crete to Cape Town to Celebrate Early Aviators

EmoSpark AI Cube Could Be Your First Virtual Friend

Virtual Tour of Madagascar, World’s Oldest Island, Via Google Earth

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