475 GHOST IN THE SHELL
After exiting the game, Lin Chi left the game warehouse, first checked his mobile phone, confirmed that there was no new information worth paying attention to, and then leaned lazily on the sofa and pressed the switch of the remote control on the coffee table.
The air in front of the wall directly opposite the sofa suddenly twisted, and a holographic projection appeared that was almost chaotic, and a short-haired beautiful anchor in gray professional clothes stood in Lin Chi's bedroom, reporting today's news in a gentle and calm tone:
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Info News Express. Today's main content is ......"
The mailbox-shaped housekeeping robot slid across the floor and handed Lin Chi a bottle of Coke, the "old salted fish" leaning on the sofa, squinting at the projection of the TV.
Even he, after opening the "Extreme State" and fighting the Blood Blade, who was also a pioneer, was still exhausted and went straight into a state of weakness.
Lin Chi had to say that the combat power of the Blood Blade was really amazing, even if he didn't release the water in the end, the winner of that duel would most likely be the Blood Blade.
However, for that murderous murderer, a painless game like Sword Blade will be more difficult to play......
Thinking of this, Lin Chi picked up the Coke and took a sip, focusing his gaze on the chest of the female anchor who seemed to be in the living room...... After two seconds, it was decisively transferred to the woman's face.
"Today's headline news is that a joint research institute of 15 countries has successfully created a replaceable artificial heart, marking a new stage in the research of artificial organs."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Lin Chi stared at the holographic projection in the living room with interest, and what appeared in his sight was a laboratory with white walls, and some staff members in blue clothes were walking around behind him, not knowing what they were doing.
With the advancement of science and technology, brain-computer interfaces, which used to appear only in science fiction, have been civilianized five years ago. Artificial organs, which began to be developed at the same time as brain-computer interfaces, are also beginning to enter people's lives.
As far as Lin Chi knows, large hospitals can now provide transplants of artificial livers, kidneys, lungs and some other organs.
Unlike the inferior products of the past, which could only be used for a few hundred days, today's artificial organs can be used for tens of thousands of days, and even if the owner dies, they are still functioning normally.
With the application of artificial organs, the threat of cancer, which has plagued mankind for many years, has gradually become smaller. Even if the organ is completely removed, the replacement artificial organ can complete the operation of the original organ. And for the cancer cells that have spread, people have also found new ways to deal with them -
As soon as he thought of this, the words spoken by the somewhat bald middle-aged man in the projection interrupted Lin Chi's thoughts:
"We have now made high-spec artificial hearts and completed experiments on orangutans, and the survival rate of orangutans transplanted with artificial hearts has reached 100% without any adverse reactions." The man spoke in English, and Chinese subtitles automatically appeared in the air.
"When will this artificial heart be officially put into use?" The female reporter asked in English.
"Even if it has been determined that it is safe, we still need to conduct a series of tests before we can start installing artificial hearts on human volunteers." "Since the heart is one of the most important organs in the human body, testing in this area will be very rigorous," the researchers explained. ”
As he spoke, the camera shifted to a dark red irregular spherical object, and the object connected to the plastic "blood vessels" in the tray was obviously an artificial heart created by the R&D team.
"Hah......" Lin Chi laughed.
As previous scholars have said, the speed of human technological development is not linear, but exponential. The progress of human science and technology can be described as changing with each passing day. Ten years ago, he would not have imagined the level of technology he has today.
In 2035, the average mobile phone in people's hands will be faster than IBM's supercomputer in 2025. High-quality artificial organs, which were once thought to be impossible to manufacture in 50 years, have also begun to be transplanted into patients' bodies, saving many lives.
- Now the artificial heart is about to be officially launched. At this rate, perhaps in another ten years, many seriously ill patients who are lying in the hospital will become half-human, half-mechanical "modified people".
The researcher in the projection is dancing and talking, and his voice is full of pride: "Our research team is composed of technical elites from China, the United States, Russia, the European Union and many other countries. Although safety trials are still underway, I am proud to say that when the time comes for the mass production of artificial hearts, with the artificial blood vessels and blood desilting technology that have long been on the market, mankind may be able to say goodbye to all cardiovascular diseases completely. ”
"At that time, 'killers' such as high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, and sudden cardiac death will completely become legends of the past!"
Listening to this person's impassioned speech, Lin Chi took another sip of Coke and muttered, "In a few years, human beings should live forever......
-- Completely mechanizing the body and uploading consciousness to an absolutely secure server is indeed one of the research directions of modern science and technology. In fact, these artificial organs, which can operate for a long time, can be regarded as the product of this research direction.
If things are the same as Lin Chi thought, it goes without saying what the development team, which burns hundreds of billions of dollars every year, next:
"After completing the artificial heart, what is your next research project?" The journalist asked.
The researcher standing next to the tray glanced at the artificial heart next to him, raised his head and looked at Lin Chi who was leaning on the sofa seriously, his eyes seemed to be flashing with excitement:
"When the artificial heart project is over, we will start the final project of this research group - the production of an artificial brain!"
"Now, part of the research team is reverse-engineering the human brain to see how it works. At the beginning of the artificial brain project, we will devote ourselves to this research and give the final gift to the 'evolution' of human beings! ”
"Aren't you worried about ethics?" The journalist asked.
"We are not simply replacing the human brain, but we are completely 'uploading' the human mind and memory into the artificial brain, which may take a long time. But we'll try. The researcher completely ignored the reporter's question, as if in a state of frenzy.