Coming to New Mexico: A Petri Town for Tech Testing

Here’s something interesting: CBS News reports that a technology company wants to get its research out of the lab and into the real world. The company is Pegasus Global Holdings, and they intend to build an uninhabited modern replica city in which they can test new technologies.

“A Washington, D.C.-based technology company announced plans Tuesday to build the state’s newest ghost town, a 20-square-mile model metropolis that will be used 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.”

This just calls out for a story to be set there, doesn’t it?

(image courtesy of David Szondy’s Future City)

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UP AGAINST IT in the News

A couple of instances of ego-bookery popped up on the radar during my trip eastward. First, Portland Book Review gave it good press, here:

The book quickly becomes hard to put down, as the tension develops on a number of different fronts. … The only disappointment was when the story came to an end because the reader is left feeling hungry for more of the wonderful experience this book provides.

Also, Audible.com has just released an audio version of the book! I’m so excited! I can hardly wait to hear it. The narrator is Cassandra Campbell, who has also narrated THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, among many others. Here are more details on the audio version of UP AGAINST IT by yours truly. You will need to first create an Audible.com account, which is free.

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