engineering the future for those who will inhabit it. cities and societies designed like in some make believe story. like in robocop, or maybe demolition man. our planned future... china is purported to have built multiple cities in which no one lives. completely sealed up and empty.

c.i.t.e. is being invested and built by pegasus.($400 million initially by pegasus, then other things as needed by clients) they have clients already who want to use the facility to test and learn. its a big test lab that can be re-used over and over for many things from driver-less cars to wireless appliances. pegasus will profit from the energy that the facility itself produces which it will return to the power grid but im sure alot of its profit will be client based. companies "renting" out the "facility". i know there's word of a skyscraper being built, church, power plants, parks...but i know what you mean... people-less city...squeeky swings swaying in the wind... but in the end the only thing coming from this facility is knowledge and a better future. it's basic scientific knowledge that you should test things with a constant. a city with no people is genius if you think about it.... i personally cant wait to see what it does for us here in hobbs and the technologies that will come from it to the world. btw though the government would have loved to be in on this, aka "help" fund it,... they kept it privately funded so that they could outsource to other entities besides the us govt.

for some reason, this development really creeps me out. a billion-dollar investment in a prototype or experimental model would normally be made by government or perhaps a big defense contractor with a cost-plus contract. it's hard to see how it could "profit" any mundane private company to do this. it's disappointing the author of the article didn't give us background on pegasus global holdings and what businesses it operates.