Neom is the city of technology, expected to be completed in 2025.
Saudi Arabia is realizing its ambition to build the city of the future, 33 times larger than New York. Named Neom, the city will be located on the shores of the Red Sea, in the northwestern province of Tabuk.
Neom is a combination of the Greek words “neos” meaning “new” and “mustaqbal” – ‘future’ in Arabic. Saudi officials call this project “the most ambitious in the world”. In 2018, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Neom would be completed in October 2025.
Neom is funded by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia 500 billion USD, in addition to capital from foreign investors. The government hopes Neom will reform this Middle Eastern national society, reduce its dependence on oil, and turn it into a world technology center.
In the photo, visitors are taking pictures of robots at an exhibition called Neom in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in October 2017.
Neom’s location in Saudi Arabia. The city will use “Cloud seeding” technology to create artificial clouds that produce more rain than usual to water the arid desert. In addition, Neom also owns the most advanced education system on the planet, with classes taught by “virtual reality” teachers.
Neom will build a park with robotic animals, which reminds people of the movie “Jurassic Park”.
Most impressive is the fact that Neom will be lit at night thanks to the artificial Moon. The details of how this technology is implemented are unclear. In October last year, China also introduced an artificial moon project, with a luminous intensity 8 times stronger than the real moon, covering an area with a diameter of 10-80km, the main illumination range. can be controlled within a few tens of meters.
People in this technology city will use flying cars as an important means of transportation. Officials leading the project say that in the future, traditional driving is only a way of entertainment, not an official mode of transportation.
Residents of Neom will also enjoy food from more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other city in the world. Pictured is Riyadh, the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia.
The city’s coastline bordering the Red Sea will be covered with a layer of sand that glows at night.
The area will be the city’s airport. Currently, Neom airport is officially registered internationally.
On the city website, Neom is said to take some inspiration from Singapore’s Gardens by the bay.
The Saudi government also organizes many events to communicate and promote the project. In the photo, athletes from the sport of Wingsuit flying (adventurous skydiving) attend Extreme Sports Event 2018 held right at Neom. Players put on costumes designed from ultra-light materials and jump down from high positions such as tower tops, skyscrapers, mountain peaks … then winding in the air, then landing with a parachute.