Chapter 117: Neuroprosthetics
After this period of careful treatment, Qin Tianhao's injuries have improved a lot, as long as he doesn't do some intense exercise, basically nothing will happen, but the empty right arm makes people shake their heads and sigh when they look at it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yesterday, Qin Tianhao received a call from Zhou Yu and asked him to go to Fantasy Technology Company, saying that he had something good to give to him, and his heart suddenly became excited, could it be that the regenerative gene potion was successfully developed?
Early this morning, Qin Tianhao came to Fantasy Technology Company accompanied by Zhao Wan.
"Brother-in-law, yesterday on the phone you said that you had something good to give me, could it be that the regenerative gene potion has been successfully developed?" Qin Tianhao couldn't wait to ask.
"It's not!" Zhou Yu shook his head slightly.
"Isn't it?" Qin Tianhao was suddenly disappointed, although he was determined, no one wanted to be a disabled person, and now that he had the opportunity to become a normal person, how could he not care? Hearing Zhou Yu say that the regenerative gene medicine has not yet been developed, it is inevitable that he will be disappointed.
"The research on regenerative gene drugs is now in a bottleneck, and it is estimated that it will take three to four months to successfully develop them, and of course, it is not excluded that there will be accidents, and the research and development will be successful in advance." Zhou Yu said.
"In that case, brother-in-law, what are you talking about?" Qin Tianhao quickly adjusted his mentality and asked curiously.
"Follow me!"
Zhou Yu took Qin Tianhao and walked towards the laboratory downstairs.
"Brother-in-law, looking at your private laboratory, I have a feeling of doubting whether I am in the 21st century, this place is really too sci-fi, it is like traveling to the future world!"
Qin Tianhao looked at the laboratory in amazement, he had been to many scientific research institutions, even the country's research center, but he did not find that the scientific and technological institution could compare to Zhou Yu's private laboratory.
On both sides of the transparent glass passage are laboratories, which are equipped with a variety of advanced machinery and equipment, many of which are international top-notch, and some even exist in the imagination of scientists from all over the world.
The robotic arm in one of the laboratories was flexibly assembling things, and the precise and fast movement dazzled Qin Tianhao, and before he could see it clearly, he had already changed to another one.
Qin Tianhao dared to pat his chest and say, if Zhou Yu's situation here leaks out, it will definitely cause an uproar, and it is estimated that scientists from all over the world will be willing to work here and try these high-end machinery and equipment.
Zhou Yu and Qin Tianhao entered one of the laboratories.
"What is this?"
As soon as he entered the laboratory, Qin Tianhao was attracted by an object on the table, it was a prosthetic leg that was exactly the same as a real person's hand, whether it was skin color or wrinkles, it was difficult to distinguish, if it wasn't for the metal parts at the interface, he would have thought it was a real arm.
"This is a neurosensing mechanical prosthetic that I made, or neuroprosthetic for short!" Zhou Yu smiled faintly.
"Neuroprosthetics!?"
Qin Tianhao's pupils contracted slightly, the concept of neuroprosthetics is actually not new, and the Science and Technology Bureau of the Ministry of Defense of the United States has been studying in this field for nearly 20 years.
If taken literally, a nerve prosthetic is essentially a prosthetic, but the way to control the prosthesis has changed from the traditional joystick, hydraulic or pneumatic device to the human nervous system.
If we explain it in terms of the final effect, the neuroprosthesis is not only able to perform a variety of actions that are difficult to perform with a conventional prosthesis, but also feeds back the sensation of the prosthetic finger touch to the brain. In other words, even though it is a prosthetic leg, when a person with a disability grasps an object with it, he or she can feel whether the object is soft or hard, round or square, cold or hot, even if he closes his eyes.
However, due to various technical limitations, neuroprosthetics are still in the research and development stage globally.
A few months ago, a joint R&D team from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and the École Polytechnique de Santa Ana in Italy successfully completed the first human clinical trial of a neuroprosthesis.
Of course, the final test results were mediocre.
The Winter Soldier in the Marvel Universe, his metal arm is an evolved version of a neuroprosthetic, providing him with super strength and speed, and it's pediatric to overturn a car and grab a bullet, not to mention advanced features such as emitting electromagnetic waves to interfere with electronic instruments.
Jarvis's database has relevant technical information, but Zhou Yu does not plan to make it completely, but to delete and modify some of its functions to make this simple neural prosthesis.
"Is this a nerve prosthetic?" Qin Tianhao stepped forward and carefully observed the nerve prosthesis, from the appearance, this nerve prosthetic was more delicate and perfect than the nerve prosthetic he knew, just like a real arm, "How does it function?" ”
The most important thing about a nerve prosthetic is its function, if the function is useless, then no matter how delicate the appearance is, it is useless!
"Manipulative, you don't feel the slightest difference, it's like a part of yourself!" Zhou Yu said with a smile.
"Really!?" Qin Tianhao's eyes lit up, if this nerve prosthetic was really the same as what Zhou Yu said, then it would be a big deal, he thought of those soldiers like him, who had become disabled for various reasons, and if they could be fitted with nerve prostheses, they would be able to solve their problems.
Of course, it is better to regenerate genetic medicine, regenerate severed limbs, and be a normal person, no matter how good the nerve prosthetics are, it is not a real flesh and blood body after all, but a bunch of metal products.
"You're my eldest brother, how could I lie to you?" Zhou Yu said.
"Haha!" Qin Tianhao laughed, he was in a very good mood, and picked up the nerve prosthetic with his left hand, "How should this nerve prosthetic be installed?" Troublesome? ”
"It's very simple, it can be done in ten minutes!"
"So fast?"
Qin Tianhao looked at Zhou Yu in surprise, originally thought that it would be very troublesome to install such a high-tech product as a nerve prosthesis, but he didn't expect that it could be done in just ten minutes.
"It's just a biochip, what a big deal." Zhou Yu waved his hand and said.
"In that case, put it on for me, and let me see how amazing this nerve prosthetic is!" Qin Tianhao said.
Zhou Yu asked Qin Tianhao to lie on the medical bed and said, "I'll inject you with anesthetic now, the operation will be carried out while you are unconscious, don't worry, nothing will happen!" ”
"Come on!" Qin Tianhao said calmly.
Qin Tianhao was injected with anesthetic, and soon Qin Tianhao fell into a coma.
"Jarvis, start implanting the biocontrol chip!" Zhou Yu said to Jarvis.
"Yes, sir!"
Jarvis controls the medical assistant and begins to implant a biocontrol chip for Qin Tianhao.
The operation was successful, the biocontrol chip was successfully implanted in the back of Qin Tianhao's head, the wound was also sutured with a laser, and the nerve prosthesis was also attached to the broken arm.
"Well—"
Qin Tianhao woke up from his slumber, opened his eyes, sat up, shook his head, which was still a little drowsy, and subconsciously stretched out his right hand and touched the back of his head, where he felt a slight tingling sensation.
It wasn't until the feeling of touching the skin that Qin Tianhao woke up suddenly, his right arm was already gone, how could there be a feeling of skin touching now!?
"This, this is a neuroprosthetic!? It's really amazing! ”
Qin Tianhao looked at his 'right hand' in surprise, his five fingers opened and closed for a while, he felt like he was controlling his hand, he was at ease, he reached out and touched the metal crossbar next to the bed, and the cold touch came, so real!
"Well, this nerve prosthetic is okay, right?" Zhou Yu said with a smile.
"It's amazing!" Qin Tianhao didn't know how to express it in his heart, the magic of the nerve prosthetic was beyond his imagination, he really couldn't believe it, he really didn't know how Zhou Yu researched such a real prosthetic.
Qin Tianhao quickly adapted to the manipulation of nerve prostheses.
"Although the nerve prosthetic is used in the same way as a real arm, it is a mechanical product after all, and there is a certain difference between it and a real hand." Qin Tianhao summed up the experience of using neuroprosthetics, "First of all, neuroprosthetics have a basic tactile system, which can distinguish the basic characteristics of objects touched, but neuroprostheses do not feel pain, and they will not feel pain when injured. Also, because it's a mechanical product, it's very powerful, which I like! ”
"After all, a neural prosthetic is a mechanical product, and naturally it cannot be the same as a human limb." Zhou Yu nodded.
"Brother, your hand!?"
"Tianhao, your hands are good?"
When Zhou Yu and Qin Tianhao returned to the thirty-third floor, Qin Wanyi and Zhao Wan both stood up abruptly when they saw Qin Tianhao's intact 'right arm', looking at Zhou Yu and the two in shock.
"It's not a real hand, it's a nerve prosthesis!" Qin Tianhao moved his 'right arm' and explained.
"Nerve prosthetics?" Zhao Wan and Qin Wanyi looked at Zhou Yu suspiciously.
Zhou Yu explained what a nerve prosthetic is.
"There is such a miraculous prosthetic!" Qin Wanyi's eyes widened, no matter how you look at it, this is true, the arm is actually fake, if it wasn't for Zhou Yu's oath, she wouldn't believe it.
Zhao Wan also looked at Qin Tianhao's nerve prosthetic with a look of surprise.
Although it is not a broken limb reborn, Qin Tianhao, who is equipped with a nerve prosthesis, is almost like a normal person in appearance, and he looks much better than the previous broken arm.