In the New Mexico desert a desert city will be built. A PHOTO

According to the developed projects, a desert city will be erected in the New Mexico desert to test new technologies in the urban environment.

As the CNN, the area of ​​the “ghost city” will be about 40 square kilometers, and it is designed for 35 thousand virtual residents.

In the company-developer of the project they note that this settlement SITE will become something like a Petri dish and will be used for research and commercial experiments, ranging from testing unmanned vehicles to imitating natural disasters.

It is noted that the construction of the city is planned to begin in the 2016 year, and be completed by 2018.

The project cost will be approximately one billion dollars, which will provide telecommunications company Pegasus Global Holdings.

“This will be an environment where new products, services and technologies can be demonstrated without disrupting everyday life,” said the company's managing director Robert Brumley.

According to him, the United States spends billions on research and gets only two or three percent profit in commercial projects.

“Our facility will help expand and increase that impact,” Brumley added.