Tech company to build science ghost town

[AsahinaKimi]

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) -- New Mexico, home to several of the nation's premier scientific, nuclear and military institutions, is planning to take part in an unprecedented science project -- a 20-square-mile (50-square-kilometer) model of a small U.S. city.

A Washington, D.C.-based technology company announced plans Tuesday to build the state's newest ghost town to test everything from renewable energy innovations to intelligent traffic systems, next-generation wireless networks and smart-grid cyber security systems.

Although no one will live there, the replica city will be modeled after a typical American town of 35,000 people, complete with highways, houses and commercial buildings, old and new.

Pegasus Global Holdings chief executive officer, Bob Brumley, says the $200 million project, known as The Center, will be a first of its kind in the U.S., creating a place for scientists at the state's universities, federal labs and military installations to test their innovations for upgrading cities to 21st century, green technology and infrastructure in a real world setting.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/odd/news/20110907p2g00m0dm078000c.html

[Lucian]

1. I saw something like this in "The X-Files."

[uncle ray]

2. wouldn't it just be cheaper to buy Detroit?

half joking.

i realize it would cost more.

[canetoad]

3. Tech tested on an unpopulated city

Will be tech designed to rule inhabitants.

[Name removed]

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[Selatius]

4. I dub the city 001 nt

[Bosonic]

6. Can't wait for the whacky adventures to begin