Great Country Academician

Soon, the three of them arrived at the upper floors of the experimental building.

After walking through the corridor and verifying the access control, Academician Jiang Xinghuai brought the two people into the laboratory.

In the simple laboratory, on the experimental table covered with PVC plastic, there is a silver-white metal mechanical arm intertwined with various small connecting lines and data lines, connected to various testing equipment and computers.

"This is one of the results we are studying, a human bionic robotic arm controlled by neural electrical signals. There are others in other laboratories, and our research team with the National University of Defense Technology mainly works here."

In the laboratory, two researchers wearing white coats, standing in front of the bionics robotic arm and busy doing their own research, noticed the movement at the door and couldn't help but look back.

When they saw Academician Jiang Xinghuai appearing at the door, the two researchers said hello at the same time.

But soon, they all noticed Xu Chuan walking aside. Looking at the younger figure standing next to Academician Jiang Xinghuai, both of them were stunned for a moment.

Immediately, a surprised expression suddenly appeared on the face of the younger researcher among the two, and then he excitedly took two steps forward and spoke.

"Are you the God of Sichuan?"

Seeing the other party's excitement, Xu Chuan smiled and replied: "It's me, I didn't disturb your research work."

"No, no, Academician Xu of Chuan, please take a seat. I'll get you something to drink."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "No need to bother, I just followed your Academician Jiang here to visit your research."

"Oh, okay."

The younger researcher finally calmed down a little and got out of the way.

Xu Chuan followed Academician Jiang Xinghuai into the laboratory and walked to the platform where the human bionic robotic arm was placed.

Looking at the bionic robotic arm, a look of interest appeared in his eyes.

"How far have your research results progressed?"

Academician Jiang Xinghuai smiled and looked at the excited researcher before, and said, "Xiao Liu, show me to Academician Xu."

"good!"

Researcher Xiao Liu responded quickly and walked to the computer in three steps. His fingers clicked on the keyboard a few times, as if he was starting a certain program.

Immediately, under Xu Chuan's gaze, the bionic robotic arm, which was fixed on the base similar to the human humerus, started to move.

This bionic robotic arm has performed all the actions that human arms and fingers can do, such as stretching, pushing, pulling, swinging, twisting, reciprocal movement, fisting, extraction, and grasping.

Even some abnormal movements that human arms cannot do, such as recurving fingers, rotating wrists close to 360 degrees, etc., are all displayed by this robotic arm.

Looking at the robotic arm in the demonstration, Academician Jiang Xinghuai smiled and explained: "This robotic arm is equipped with a high-precision sensor, which can monitor and control the operating status of the robotic arm in real time."

“Its control system is also very stable and can operate continuously for a long time, and it also has various automatic fault detection and correction functions.

"Currently, its main control method is through AI intelligent program control, combined with robot AI, which can replace manual work in completing some repetitive or even complex tasks."

Looking at the flexible bionic robotic arm, Xu Chuan said with an interested look on his face:

"I don't know much about this stuff, but most of the bionic hands on the market can only use the thumb and other two fingers to make simple movements, right?"

On the side, Xu Xiao took the initiative and said: "Well, most of them can only do this, but there are still a few who are top-notch."

"For example, the i-LIMB bionic arm manufactured by the Scottish company Bionic Contact allows the fingers to move like a real hand."

"But even in the whole world, the scope of this robotic arm is one of the best."

Academician Jiang Xinghuai smiled and said: "This is nothing worthy of praise. The flexibility of the robotic arm is not a difficult issue."

"Our next research direction is to replace AI intelligent control with neural electrical signals. This aspect is the real problem."

"In addition to controlling the arm by collecting electrical signals from brain nerves, we are also studying how to transmit the touch sensations touched by this robotic arm back to the brain."

"These are the most difficult parts, and surgery is required to connect the chip of the robotic arm to the human nerves."

As Academician Jiang Xinghuai said, Xu Chuan suddenly remembered something, looked at Xu Xiao, and asked:

"I remember that when you were still with Shuimu, the bioelectrode chip you were studying seemed to be able to receive the signals transmitted back by the controlled equipment, right?"

Xu Xiao nodded and said: "I can receive some vague feedback, but it is not perfect. The simulation between neural signals and electrical signals is too difficult to do."

On the side, Academician Jiang Xinghuai looked over curiously and asked, "Has Xu Xiao studied nerve signals and electrical signals before?"

A smile appeared on Xu Xiao's face and he quickly replied: "When I was a graduate student at Shuimu University, I had some knowledge and research."

"Mizuki."

Academician Jiang Xinghuai thought for a while and said, "I remember that Shuimu University reported a result of a biological electrode chip two years ago, which caused quite a stir in the academic community at that time."

"It seems that the research was carried out by Shuimu University's School of Life Sciences, McGovern Institute for Brain Science and a virtual technology company called Starlight."

"We had previously looked for Shuimu University and wanted to cooperate in research, but Tsinghua University said that the original scientific research project had been disbanded and the core technology was not in their hands."

"Starlight?"

Hearing this, Xu Chuan looked at Xu Xiao with a strange face. Although he invested 200 million yuan in her a few years ago, he was not sure what specific research she had done.

After all, 200 million yuan was not much in his eyes.

And supporting the research work of his only sister, wasn't that right? Even if it was all lost, it didn't matter.

At the beginning, he invested 200 million yuan and asked to cooperate with Shuimu University in the form of a company, purely because he didn't want Shuimu University to take advantage of him.

But now it seems that this girl Xu Xiao seems to be more shrewd than he thought? She actually firmly controlled the core technology in her own hands?

Xu Xiao smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Academician Jiang, are you talking about Xingguang Virtual Reality Technology Co., Ltd.? I founded that company."

After hearing this answer, Jiang Xinghuai was stunned for a moment, with some surprise on his face, and looked at Xu Xiao.

He really didn't expect that Xu Xiao's research on brain nerve signals was so in-depth.

If he remembered correctly, both Shuimu University and McGovern Institute for Brain Science had publicly expressed their praise for the bio-electrode chip, believing that this achievement was very likely to be the future of brain nerve signal research.

The fact that a top university and a top brain nerve research institution could praise it like this, even if it was for Xu Chuan's sake, was enough to prove the excellence of the research results of the bio-electrode chip.

Not to say it was truly top-notch, at least it must be very good in China.

And being able to make such achievements during his master's degree, even if Xu Chuan may have given great help later, Xu Xiao's own talent and hard work are undoubtedly not to be ignored.

Looking at Academician Jiang Xinghuai, who looked a little surprised, Xu Chuan smiled and explained.

"This girl is still very hard-working in academic research. Her doctoral dissertation was published in The Lancet. If not, I would not have brought her here."

"The Lancet?"

Hearing this familiar name, Jiang Xinghuai's eyes were even more surprised.

Not to mention other things, this achievement alone is enough for Xu Xiao to stand at the top of the domestic medical field.

You know, in the past few decades, there are only more than a hundred people in China who have published in The Lancet.

Yes, more than a hundred people. Although he is not very clear about the specific number, it is probably in the last two or three years.

It is no exaggeration to say that among all the top journals, The Lancet has the greatest reputation and influence regardless of classification.

Because this journal has, to some extent, crossed the boundaries of academia and become an important reference for medical policy makers and even key figures in a wider field.

"I don't think I've heard that The Lancet has recently published papers in the field of brain nerves?"

After coming back to his senses from surprise, Academician Jiang Xinghuai asked curiously.

It's not that he thought Xu Chuan was deceiving him, but he really didn't see it.

After all, their next research direction is brain nerve signals and electrical signals, and they will definitely keep an eye on cutting-edge papers in this area.

If there are papers in the field of brain nerves published in the journal "The Lancet", then neither he nor the National University of Defense Technology will miss it.

Xu Xiao smiled and said with a crescent-shaped face: "It hasn't been officially published yet, but it should be soon."

Jiang Xinghuai thought about it, looked at Xu Xiao and said: "Can I see the paper?"

"Of course."

After initially finalizing the cooperation with the School of Engineering of Beihang University, Xu Xiao stayed in Beihang University and continued to learn more about the human bionics mechanical technology of Beihang University.

Xu Chuan returned to Beihai Hotel to prepare for the International Lunar Biosphere Symposium.

Three days is not a long time. As the date of the symposium is getting closer, scholars from all over the world have arrived in Beijing by plane.

On September 25th, Beijing was a sunny day with a gentle breeze and no clouds.

Outside the Great Hall of Beijing, people were coming and going in an endless stream, and the scene was a busy one.

Standing next to the Great Hall, two formally dressed concierges greeted every guest who came to the conference with a standard smile on their faces.

In the crowd, a young doctor in formal clothes, with hair that looked like it had been waxed, and every strand of hair looked like it had been waxed, shiny and sleek, was looking around curiously.

Looking at the foreign scholars of different skin colors coming and going at the door, he couldn't help but complain: "Professor, you said we are building a lunar biosphere, why do we let foreigners join in?"

"It's not that we can't afford it ourselves, can't we do it ourselves and do experiments ourselves?"

Hearing this complaint, a middle-aged professor standing next to him couldn't help but smile and said: "Cooperation is the norm, and win-win is the hard truth. A super project like the lunar biosphere cannot be built by one country alone."

"We have technology, and other countries have money. As long as we have the technology in our hands, we can save our own money by letting other countries invest money in it, right?"

Beside him, the student muttered in retort: ​​"That's the truth, but I still don't understand why we let those Western countries come in."

"Especially the Americans, they didn't even let us go to the International Space Station before, and now we are taking them to play together. I really can't accept it."

The middle-aged and elderly professor smiled and shook his head, saying: "Letting other countries join in is still a great help to us."

"Just like now, if it weren't for this project, would you be able to meet so many top biology masters?"

After a slight pause, he looked at his A student, then said: "You kid, be more creative when you attend the conference this time. Don't be stupid and sit there motionless. Make more friends and chat with others. Maybe the inconspicuous person you find is a Nobel Prize winner?"

"In short, your way of thinking behind closed doors will not work. The Qing Dynasty has been gone for so many years. Do you understand that history is a mirror?"

"A great man once said that we should make many friends and few enemies. The development of basic disciplines cannot be decoupled from the world. The country must understand this principle better than you, a young boy."

After hearing this teaching, the student finally stopped talking and nodded to show that he understood.

Looking at the student who answered, the middle-aged professor smiled again, and his eyes swept through the busy crowd, feeling a little emotional.

The International Lunar Biosphere Project is led by them.

If it were in the past, it would really be unimaginable.

If it were a few years ago, who would dare to think of such a scene today?

In the past, they went abroad to other countries to do research, conduct experiments, and work for them, because they had the top scientific research equipment or institutions.

Now, the situation is completely reversed.

Whether it is the Circular Super Intense Particle Collider CRHPC or the Lunar Biosphere Project, they are all in charge.

Now it is the turn of scholars from other countries to come to their countries from afar to conduct experiments, research, and work for them.

Looking at the young figures coming and going in the crowd who followed their mentors to see the world, or came to participate in research at their own expense, the middle-aged professor couldn't help but sigh.

It's a pity that I didn't live in a good era. If I were 20 or 30 years younger, it would be so wonderful.

With a sigh in his heart, the middle-aged professor led his students to the auditorium.

Perhaps, it's not too late now.

It doesn't matter if they suffer a little, as long as the younger generation is happy.