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In the laboratory, Zheng Hai, who had completed experiments and tests, retracted his thoughts, took off his control helmet and walked out.

Xu Chuan looked over and asked curiously: "How do you feel?"

Zheng Hai thought for a moment before replying: "It's a very magical feeling, especially when the perspective and images transmitted by the drone appear in my mind, it's a bit like I have an extra natural arm (drone) The feeling, but this feeling is very vague.”

After a pause, he added: "This technology is completely different from the neural devices and virtual devices I have tested in the military before."

Xu Chuan glanced at him in surprise and asked curiously: "Have you ever experienced other such products before?"

Zheng Hai smiled and replied: "It's normal. The nature of my job is destined to expose me to all kinds of cutting-edge technological equipment, especially those that can be used in the military. After all, only if you understand the nature and capabilities of these things clearly , in order to work better.”

"What were the previous ones like?" Xu Chuan asked quickly.

After thinking about it, Zheng Hai said: "It's a bit like controlling a keyboard to play games. What skills do you press and what methods come to mind? The controlled device can carry out the corresponding activities. It requires a high level of concentration and concentration. attention."

"The one made by Xu Xiao is more relaxed. It can capture some ideas in the mind when they are born. What's even more amazing is that it can also feed back some pictures and feelings that the drone can capture, although they are rarely It’s very vague.”

Xu Chuan nodded, thought for a moment and then looked at Xu Xiao and said, "Xiaoxiao, speaking of which, can your neural control equipment be used to control equipment such as robots or exoskeletons?"

Controlling robots or exoskeletons through neural control devices is not a rare thing.

Even in some countries, including China, some militaries have already used this technology.

In 2019, a wearable individual exoskeleton assist equipment challenge was held in China, attracting hundreds of teams to participate in the competition.

In this challenge, various individual soldier exoskeletons developed by various units also made a wonderful appearance. Every soldier wearing an exoskeleton suit to carry supplies walked vigorously.

In fact, the purpose of the development of exoskeleton suits is not only to increase the weight-bearing capacity of soldiers, but more importantly, to reduce the probability of soldiers suffering from bone diseases. Due to the popularity of equipment mechanization in modern warfare, a single soldier needs to carry basic equipment on the battlefield, such as helmets, guns, ammunition, grenades, first aid kits and other materials, which add up to dozens of kilograms.

Long-term overloading not only affects the combat effectiveness of soldiers when marching and fighting, but also causes bone diseases.

For example, during the Kuwait War, many American soldiers suffered from bone diseases due to heavy burdens. As a result, the US military spent about 500 million meters every year to treat soldiers' bone diseases.

If an exoskeleton controlled by the nervous system can be used to complete or reduce the weight of soldiers, it will greatly improve combat capabilities.

However, currently, some exoskeletons on the market have major shortcomings.

The most important thing is that the battery life depends on the battery and cannot be used for a long time.

This part depends on the improvement of battery technology. The problem of lithium dendrites has been solved by him. I believe that this problem will soon be solved to a certain extent.

Another problem is the difficulty of control and flexibility.

Current exoskeletons basically measure posture through sensors bound to muscles. Although this method is useful, it also limits the flexibility of soldiers.

Those large, wide-angle movements are difficult to accomplish.

As for this problem, Xu Chuan saw hope of solving it through Xu Xiao's research.

Of course, the premise is that this neural control device can be used in exoskeletons and robots.

"certainly!"

Hearing Xu Chuan's question, Xu Xiao raised his head and said proudly: "The biggest difference between this new sensing technology and other neural control devices is the command control system."

"Other devices are based on brain waves, which are first emitted and then converted, and then the device is controlled through wireless or data networks. The one we developed uses the latest bio-simulation mode, which first controls the device. The device simulates a human-like mechanism, then feeds back vague instructions to the human brain, and then calls back the control mode.”

"The advantage of this is that as Brother Zheng just said, it makes the entire drone feel like an existing part of your own arm or body."

"Theoretically, human exoskeletons and bionic robots are more adaptable to brain control than drones. After all, their own mechanisms are similar to the human body and are made through bionic and human simulation technologies."

After a pause, Xu Xiao breathed a long sigh of relief, shook his head and continued: "But that requires us to completely sort out the human body's neural signal library, and make corresponding responses and control systems. It will take at least several years, and it will also take There is hope with a lot of funding and funding.”

Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled and touched her head and said, "Time and funding are not a problem, as long as you feel that there is hope that you can do it."

After a pause, he continued: "Let's do this, I will invest 200 million in you."

Hearing this, Xu Xiao was stunned for a moment, then jumped three feet high in excitement, walked up quickly, hugged Xu Chuan's arm and started acting coquettishly.

"Dude! Really?"

"Is it really 200 million?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with two hundred million, but there are conditions."

"I can agree to any conditions!" Xu Xiao blurted out.

Xu Chuan glanced at his outgoing sister and continued: "It's very simple. This money is not given to you directly, but a company will be registered to cooperate with you and Shuimu University on projects in the name of the company. And the funds You need to sort out and report on some common investment work such as the purpose of the project, the progress and direction of the project.”

"In addition, I need to account for more than 50% of the project's investment and future benefits and equity. The remaining 50%, as the person in charge, how much do you get, and Shuimu University How much you take is up to you to decide.”

The reason why he formed a company was that he was worried that Xu Xiao could not control it. After all, the number of 200 million was too big, at least for Xu Xiao.

On the other hand, he is more optimistic about research in this area. Investment in the field of virtual reality is already a hot field in the future, and Xu Xiao's research direction is also very prominent.

If it can really be done, it will have a huge market in various fields such as medical care, military, industry, games and so on.

And apart from this first investment, in his opinion, additional investment will definitely be needed in the future.

If Xu Xiao wasn't worried, the first investment of 2 billion would be nothing more than a number to him.

Two hundred million, in his opinion, is unlikely or basically impossible to solve this problem.

On the other side, Fuxing Road.

In the headquarters building of the Industrial and Information Center.

Sitting in the office, an old man with completely white hair slowly read the report document in his hand while wearing a pair of reading glasses.

Opposite him was Wu Yuankang, the leader of the space agency, sitting upright on the sofa.

After a while, the old man behind the desk reached out and took off his glasses, put down the report document in his hand and shook his head gently.

"Lao Aerospace went too far in this matter."

After the bidding conference on the manned spaceflight and lunar exploration projects came to an end yesterday, Wu Yuankang compiled the relevant report documents and meeting minutes immediately and sent them to the space agency's superiors the next day.

After all, the status of manned spaceflight and lunar exploration projects is completely different from before.

In the past, although the development and research in the aerospace field was not very partial in China, it also did not receive much attention.

The total annual funds and expenditures in the entire aerospace field are only one to two billion. Of course, funding for the defense and aerospace fields is not included.

It sounds like a lot, but for an economic power like China, it can even be said to be dispensable.

If many technologies in the aerospace field could not be applied to national defense technology, the development of the aerospace field in China in the past would have been to send satellites to space and build space stations.

Technologies such as Mars exploration are often forced to follow up by competitors and international situations, and their own demand for this is not high.

After all, it is difficult for aerospace-led investments to bring positive returns in a short period of time.

Although you can gain a reputation at home and abroad, whether it is landing on the moon or on the fire, there are not many things and benefits that can be brought.

But the situation is different now. Today's aerospace field can be said to be the most popular among scientific research projects.

Just for the two projects discussed at this bidding conference, the Solicitation for Earth-Moon Cargo Transportation Plans for Lunar Exploration Projects and the Solicitation for Temporary/Permanent Base Construction Plans on the Lunar Surface, the space agency planned to spend more than 300 yuan. billion, an average of 15 billion per project.

Calculated, one project is enough to be worth an entire year's expenditure in the aerospace field in the past.

Not only funding, the top leaders also attach great importance to the development of the aerospace field, and have asked about related matters more than once.

Therefore, even the industry and information circles have to follow suit to provide the space agency with attention.

Among them, one of the instructions above is to encourage civil aviation companies to invest in aerospace technology and to open up part of the aerospace industry to private aerospace companies.

For established aerospace companies, this is a blow to their bodies.

After all, in the past, most of the domestic aerospace cake was eaten by these established aerospace companies.

But to be honest, even with a cut, the cakes that those established aerospace companies can eat are no less than before, and they are even more than before.

After all, the total amount of cake in the past was only that big. Even if you ate it all, it would only be more than 10 billion.

Now, after the country has increased its investment in the aerospace field, even if the old aerospace companies only get half, or even one-third, the funds are more than before.

However, as Xu Chuan said, it may be that they are used to monopolizing. When the country decided to encourage civil aviation companies to invest in aerospace technology and open up part of the aerospace pie to private aerospace companies, these old aerospace companies still tried to unite to monopolize aerospace. Field of Cake.

What he did was a bit unethical.

Eating cake is normal and allowed.

But if you eat them all or most of them, what about the task of developing civil aviation enterprises and leading investment in civil aviation enterprises?

And more importantly, aside from civil aviation, there is still that person among the competitors this time, as well as the miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion technology and electric propulsion technology that are extremely promising.

Needless to say about the former, small and controllable nuclear fusion reactors are strategic treasures and core priorities for any country.

Electric propulsion technology is also very important to changes and developments in aerospace, defense and other fields.

In particular, the aerospace fighter and aerospace carrier plans proposed above are themselves based on miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion reactor technology.

If combined with power-on propulsion technology, the strategic deterrence formed is even more worthy of investment.

In the office, Wu Yuankang sat upright on the sofa. After hearing the old man's whisper, he nodded in agreement and said:

"Supporting the entry and development of civil aviation companies has been a long-established tone. We also need to encourage the emergence of domestic commercial aerospace companies such as SpaceX, Orbital Sciences, and Blue Origin."

"The practices of the old aerospace groups are indeed somewhat inappropriate."

Behind the desk, the old man smiled and said, "You are more familiar with the development of the aerospace field than I am. You can just take care of the relevant task assignments."

After a pause, the old man looked up at Wu Yuankang, and said with some seriousness: "But it should be noted that we are now participating in competition and development in the aerospace field. This is the current mission and tone. Controlled nuclear fusion project Things that happened during this period should not happen again in the aerospace field, and you must do a good job in this area."

Hearing this, Wu Yuankang's body suddenly shook and he quickly replied: "Yes, I understand."

The old man nodded and said, "Go."

Wu Yuankang stood up, responded and walked out steadily.

After walking out of the office, he looked back slightly at the door he had closed, took a deep breath, straightened his clothes and walked out of the building.

Regarding the meaning of the old man's words and what happened in the controllable nuclear fusion project, he naturally knew what it was.

Back then, Luyang Science Island, as a representative of the domestic controllable nuclear fusion field, broke up with the Qixia controllable nuclear fusion project led by Academician Xu, which everyone in the industry knew was unhappy.

In the end, although Academician Chen Mingji took the initiative to back down, there was no doubt that it attracted the attention of senior officials and some dissatisfaction.

Now in the aerospace field, if this happens again, it will be his incompetent leadership.

PS: I went to the hospital for a checkup today. After a long day of work, I came back in the evening and finished a chapter. Please vote for me.

The initial judgment was that there was a walnut-sized (3cm*3cm) cyst on the spine, which had become inflamed and needed to be treated to eliminate the inflammation and surgically removed. (I thought it was lipoma at first, but I didn’t expect it wasn’t)

What the doctor means is that surgery may be more troublesome because the cyst is located on the spine and has many nerves.

Fortunately, it was not a malignant tumor or something like that, which can be considered a blessing among misfortunes.