Dubai: Popular Science, one of the oldest and most notable science publications, highlighted the outstanding experience of the UAE in general, and Dubai in particular, in the field of creating the future and relying on renewable sources of energy.
The magazine also focuses on the different vital sectors in which the UAE has become a regional and international pioneer. In an article published in its May-June 2017 edition, the magazine praised the vision of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, for creating a futuristic government that focuses on new sectors that are not available in other governments, such as the Ministry of the Future, Ministry of Climate Change, a Minister of State for Tolerance, a Minister of Happiness, as well as the Minister of State for Youth Affairs, who is the youngest minister in the world.
The magazine goes on to say that if Dubai is the city of the future, then the UAE is the country of the future, describing it as a regional and global pioneer. The article points out that a large number of global talents and minds are overlooking job opportunities in the US and Europe, and are instead heading to the UAE to work, seeking security and stability and aspiring to achieve their dreams.
The article highlights a number of examples that point out how Dubai has become an open lab for the most advanced and futuristic technologies around the globe. It pointed out how the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority adopted the use of solar panels to save energy, and constant development for generating and storing renewal energy. Also highlighted were the efforts of the Roads and Transport Authority in using drones to monitor projects and plans for diversifying smart transportation methods.
The article also mentioned the UAE’s Mission to Mars, ‘Hope’, and points out how in even the most advanced countries, people working on space projects are not in their 20s or 30s, while the Hope probe’s work team consists of specialised youth whose average age does not exceed 30.
