Belarus-developed High Speed sky pod network in UAE

 After long years of wait, the United Arab Emirates in Sharjah has unveiled its first high-speed electric sky pod. Under this, a suspended track stretching for two kilometers will be made at Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park by a Belarus based company  SkyWay technologies.

The technology may start very soon as suggested by reports. The technology has been designed by Anatoli Unitsky, who is a scientist and a member of the Russian Cosmonautics Federation and sustainable SkyWay system. He developed it in Belaru and now the UAE will be availing the benefits of this technology as it will be carrying its first passenger within weeks.

Things are working in favour of a speed sky pod network as it is expected that the pilot project may start by the March of this year. This is in addition to a development site already in place at the park. The track has a Unicar pod stretching  for 400-meter built to adjust to the extreme climate in the Middle East.

This high speed technology will be a great attraction to the tourists and also provide a luxury feel to the already available facilities. Apart from this, another track is being laid stretching around two kilometers and is due to be opened in May. The officials have assured that in the coming three years, a sky track stretching for 130 kilometers will be laid in between Sharjah and Khor Fakkan port. 

The track that will soon be operational will essentially allow pods hanging on a super strong rail to be transported to the port at a speed of 500kph.

The new technology is not only beneficial but also affordable, suggested Oleg Zaretskiy, the chief executive of SkyWay Green Tech. He said, “The cost of building the network was comparable or cheaper than laying new roads and required vastly less maintenance over time. From a distance, it may look like a cable car - but it is light-years away.”

He explained that unlike techniques that involve ropes and rolling wheels, Unitsky String technology does not restrict the speed. He compared the string tech to railroad, which meant that it could handle heavy weights.

Even the energy will also be efficiently used as steel to steel friction does not use much energy especially when compared to cars.

For a model, a test site is available at Echo Technopark in Belarus. The available model is enough to count the benefit of aerial pods over land. One of the examples is through aerial pods in place, a ton of space will be saved for other developmental projects.