"N.M. community to test ‘smart city’ technology" Associated Press, May 09, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE - A city in the heart of southeast New Mexico has been selected to hum with the latest next-generation technology - but there might as well be digital tumbleweeds rolling down the streets of this scientific ghost town.
The $1 billion project to help researchers test everything from intelligent traffic systems and next-generation wireless networks to the latest in automated washing machines and self-flushing toilets will develop in Hobbs and Lea County, officials said Tuesday.
Mayor Sam Cobb of Hobbs said the unique research facility will be a
key for diversifying the economy of the town, which after the oil bust
of the 1980s saw bumper stickers asking the last person to leave to turn
out the lights.
Pegasus Holdings and its New Mexico subsidiary, CITE Development, said Hobbs and Lea County beat out Las Cruces, for the Center for Innovation, Technology and Testing.
The CITE project is being billed as a first-of-its kind smart city, or ghost town of sorts, that will be developed on about 15 square miles west of Hobbs.
Bob Brumley, senior managing director of Pegasus Holdings, said the town will be modeled after the real city of Rock Hill, S.C., complete with highways, houses, and commercial buildings, old and new.
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I used to be able to find links to smart grid technology, but not since Google reconfigured -- and I really don't have the time to sit here staring at endless searches.
Lord pray there is never a malfunction when they shove the smart grid up your a....
