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Galactic Garbage Station (Web Novel) - Chapter 988 Two Research Part 2
Chapter 988 Two Research Part 2
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As for the thing they were researching, when Zheng Nan first heard about it, she was shocked. She didn’t know where Su Jing got it from, but she knew that if they could research and develop it, it would definitely be a huge commercial business opportunity.
“We are mainly researching two aspects. Come over here and take a look.” Su Jing led Wang Zhuo to a room where they saw a chimpanzee with a metal right hand.
Several people in white coats were using sticks to hang bananas high, enticing the chimpanzee to run over and climb up the pole to grab the bananas.
At first, Wang Zhuo didn’t know what they were researching, but when he saw the chimpanzee climbing up the pole with such dexterity using the metal right hand, he was astonished. The right hand was so agile that even the metal fingers could move flexibly, and it looked as if it were a real hand, grabbing onto the pole and climbing up.
“Oh my god, is that really a metal arm?” Wang Zhuo exclaimed.
“That’s neuroprosthetics,” Su Jing said.
“Neuroprosthetics? When did it develop to this stage?” Wang Zhuo was shocked when he saw the scene in front of him.
He didn’t know much about neuroprosthetics, but he had enough common sense to know that it hadn’t developed to this extent yet, otherwise the news would have already exploded.
The concept of neuroprosthetics is not new. The US Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency has been studying it for nearly 20 years.
If explained by the final effect, neuroprosthetics can not only perform various actions that traditional prosthetics find difficult, but also provide sensory feedback to the brain for the movements made by the prosthetic fingers.
In other words, even though it is a prosthetic limb, when a disabled person uses it to grab an item, even with their eyes closed, they can still feel whether the item is soft or hard, round or square, cold or hot.
However, due to various technological limitations, neuroprosthetics is still in the development stage worldwide.
A few months ago, a joint research team from Professor Mishra of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and the Italian Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies successfully completed the first human clinical trial of neuroprosthetics. However, the results were only average.
Now, if this Neuroprosthetics of the chimpanzee were to be released, it would definitely astonish all the research teams in the world in this field. It’s just too advanced.
“Snap.” The chimpanzee, who was halfway up the pole, suddenly lost grip with its right hand and slipped down. Its metal right hand went limp and became uncontrollable.
“What’s going on?” Wang Zhuo asked.
“The neural connection is not stable enough, and there are still some issues. However, they have found the reason and it should be solved soon,” Su Jing said.
“This research is incredible.” Wang Zhuo was excited as he saw the huge business opportunities in this research process.
“Don’t get too excited. Come over here and take a look.” Su Jing took Wang Zhuo, who was reluctant to leave, to a nearby room, where several researchers were editing programs on their computers.
“Boss.” A middle-aged man with thick glasses greeted Su Jing.
“What’s the latest achievement?” Su Jing asked.
“Here it is.” The middle-aged man handed Su Jing a mobile phone that couldn’t be recognized by its brand and looked quite ordinary on the outside. Su Jing used her fingerprint to unlock it and handed it to Wang Zhuo, saying, “Try it out.”
After receiving it, Wang Zhuo played with the phone like he just got a new one, trying out various software and functions. His first impression was that the phone responded very quickly, giving him a feeling of surpassing an Apple phone.
To verify his suspicion, he even opened many apps and played several games, but it still didn’t lag at all. It was too enjoyable to use.
“Try the intelligent voice control software, it’s currently called ‘Frog’,” Su Jing said.
” “Frog?” Wang Zhuo was confused, but his phone responded with a pleasant feminine voice, “Master, what can I do for you?”
“This is like Siri on an iPhone, is it a modified iPhone?” Wang Zhuo asked in surprise.
“Try it and you’ll see,” Su Jing replied.
With skepticism, Wang Zhuo playfully interacted with the voice control software Frog, much like using an iPhone for the first time. But soon, his playful attitude turned to shock as he realized how incredibly intelligent the voice control system was.
Siri was already considered quite intelligent, but compared to a human, it was still somewhat deficient.
However, Frog seemed to be on par with humans. It could adjust to non-standard Mandarin, understand complex questions, and execute tasks with lightning speed.
“This phone is amazing, how did you do it?” Wang Zhuo exclaimed with clear excitement on his face.
“What you see is only the appearance, it’s still in the development stage and hasn’t been completed yet,” Su Jing smiled and said, “So, how do you feel about these two research projects? Did you now think that we have wasted the company’s money?”
“Waste? Only an idiot would say that! Haha, we’re going to make a fortune again! A’Jing, I’m in awe of you this time. You are really amazing,” Wang Zhuo laughed heartily.
He wouldn’t try to steal Su Jing’s credit. It was clear that Su Jing had the absolute advantage in these two technologies. But as long as he could help Su Jing develop and get a small piece of the pie, it would be enough to make him rich, well, more then he already is.
Su Jing smiled but said nothing. He didn’t feel any pride in these two research projects because he didn’t do it alone and he didn’t even come up with these ideas.
The Neuroprosthetics technology came from the “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure” universe and was originally researched in a materials research institute, where they made some progress.
However, they were not experts in this field, so Su Jing set up a separate research laboratory.
The super-intelligent phone system came from the chip of the “Wall-E” universe, which Su Jing repaired using the Little White Mouse’s restoration ability. He managed to restore most of the discarded Wall-E robots without worrying about their extinction.
To avoid being too shocking, he didn’t bring the entire Wall-E robot but only the chip, which was enough to be ahead of the world.
Su Jing thought it was a waste to use it on cleaning robots, so he tried to extract the system and slightly modify the program to use it on mobile phones and computers.
(End of this chapter)
