Chapter 332 Perfectionism Is Really Harmful! (6K Votes Requested, Please Follow Up)

Genius is always accompanied by loneliness.

This is especially true for someone who learned programming at the age of 10 and developed games to make money at the age of 13.

Mark thought that there was no one as interesting and smart as him in the world.

But this perception was broken with the appearance of Luo Yao.

Luo Yao is a genius, even crazier than him, and he likes this very much.

Luo Yao's madness is not the arrogance of others, but based on his infinite love and pursuit of science.

Ordinary people would only think that Luo Yao didn't know how to behave, but he knew that Luo Yao didn't bother to do it.

He admired Luo Yao very much, but now there was one thing he didn't agree with.

How can going to Mars be called charging KPIs for the following?

He is not an idiot, rushing to send people to Mars.

What's more, NASA won't allow it.

NASA has invested money in him, and the results must be seen.

He can't produce results, and NASA is not a kind person who will let him go easily.

Bill Naldeng was almost overwhelmed by the negative news outside, and Mark didn't dare to take it lightly at this time.

Mark smiled confidently when he thought of this, took his secretary and went to pick up Bill.

"Mr. Mark, are you going to take us to see the brain-computer interface volunteers today?"

"Yes, these people are also volunteers to go to Mars."

Bill grinned and wrinkles appeared on his face.

He is well aware of the importance of this demonstration of brain-computer interface technology to the entire Mars exploration plan. It is not only a comprehensive test of technology, but also a bold attempt to integrate humans and machines in future space travel.

Maybe, their soldiers can also use this technology in the future.

"How are they doing?" Bill asked with concern.

"Very good," Mark replied with satisfaction. "These volunteers have been strictly screened and trained. Their physical condition and psychological quality are first-rate. Moreover, they are full of expectations for brain-computer interface technology and are very cooperative with us. work."

"And they have all received comprehensive training and passed all tests." Mark replied, his tone revealing his confidence in the brain-computer interface volunteers.

Several people drove to Neural Connection Company.

While the two were talking, they walked to a monitoring room. On the screen, volunteers were staying in an empty room, wearing boxing gloves, walking around gearing up, with complex equipment connected to their heads. Prepare for a brain-computer interface demonstration.

"Cochlear implant, Mr. Bill, you should have heard of it, right?"

Bill nodded.

"It is actually the most common and most successful technology in a simple brain-computer interface. The cochlear implant receives sound signals through an external microphone. These sound signals are then converted into digital signals and analyzed and processed by the processor."

"The processor encodes the sound based on its characteristics, such as pitch, volume and frequency, and then these encoded signals are transmitted to an electrode array implanted in the cochlea."

"These electrodes are directly connected to the auditory nerve fibers. When current is passed through the electrodes to stimulate the auditory nerve, it can simulate the sound conversion process of the cochlear hair cells in the natural state."

“The cochlear implant does not randomly stimulate the auditory nerve, but accurately applies current to different electrodes based on the encoding of the sound signal. In this way, the brain can receive orderly and accurate electrical signals, and then analyze the content of the sound. "

After Mark saw Bill's confused expression, he knew that the other party probably didn't understand well, so he simply summed it up: "The working principle of cochlear implants is to simulate the natural hearing process and use brain-computer interface technology to convert sound signals into It is converted into electrical signals and stimulates the auditory nerve so that the brain can receive sound information."

"So you see, humans have actually used brain-computer interface technology for a long time, but few people know about it."

Bill was confused for a long time, but he understood the last sentence: "I understand that humans should not reject brain-computer technology. The benefits it brings outweigh the disadvantages."

Mark nodded proudly, motioned to the other party and looked at the screen.

The volunteers on the screen seemed to have received some order at this moment, and they started fighting frantically.

A trace of pride flashed in Mark's eyes, and he explained to Bill: "These volunteers are undergoing physical fitness tests, which is part of the practical application of brain-computer interface technology."

"Through this technology, we can monitor their physical condition in real time and adjust the training intensity as needed to ensure that they can maintain the best physical condition during their future journey to Mars."

Bill looked at the volunteers on the screen, frowned and asked, "Don't they feel pain?"

"It hurts? They can't feel it." Mark's eyes were dark.

"Brain-computer interface technology not only achieves accurate decoding and encoding of human neural signals, but also regulates the human body's sensory system through neural stimulation in the process." Mark further explained, his voice full of confidence and pride in this technology .

"To put it simply, we set up a 'filter' in their sensory system so that they can ignore unnecessary sensory information, such as pain."

Bill's eyes widened. He was obviously shocked by this explanation. He had experienced rigorous training in the army and knew well the impact of pain on a person's physical fitness and willpower.

Mark's move is a bit scary.

Mark looked at Bill's reaction and guessed what he was thinking. He explained: "This technology does not actually harm the human body. It just changes the way the human body perceives external stimuli. By regulating the perception system, the volunteers can be more focused." Focus on the training itself, rather than being distracted by unnecessary perceptions such as pain.”

He further explained: "You can imagine that if a person is constantly stung by stones under his feet while running, his attention and physical energy will be distracted by the pain, but now, through brain-computer interface technology, we It allows them to ignore the pain and devote themselves wholeheartedly to running, thus improving the training effect."

"This is particularly important in extreme environments."

"Imagine that astronauts need to conduct a long-term exploration on the surface of Mars. The Martian environment is full of unknown dangers, there may be sudden storms, and there may be accidents caused by terrain changes."

"In these emergency situations, astronauts need to stay calm and make decisions quickly. If they are distracted by pain or other unnecessary perceptions, the consequences can be catastrophic, and brain-computer interface technology, like a 'perception' "Shield" to help them block out these distractions, allowing them to maintain their best performance in the harshest environments."

After hearing this, Bill's eyes flashed sharply.

These technology people are really ruthless.

Blocking all perceptions means that people will die without knowing the feeling of pain.

But Bill didn't let Mark stop his research because of this.

"What you said is very good. This will indeed allow them to adapt to life on Mars."

"Now I have to care about the status of Starship V3. Are they capable of sending these people and 150 tons of supplies to the moon?"

"Bill, Starship V3 is currently our most advanced large-scale launch vehicle. It is designed to cope with extreme environments and long-distance flights. Regarding its capabilities, I can tell you that Starship V3 is fully capable of transporting these volunteers and 150 tons of supplies were safely sent to the moon."

He paused, looked at Bill's serious expression, and continued: "Starship V3 is equipped with 50 Raptor engines. According to experiments, the thrust of a single engine has reached 269 tons. When 50 engines are connected in parallel, the total thrust can reach 13,450 tons. Therefore, there is definitely no problem with transportation capacity.”

"The low-Earth orbit transportation capacity in the one-time use mode should actually be about 400 tons, and 150 tons is just a conservative figure for the outside world."

Bill was very satisfied when he heard this and asked Mark when the rocket would go to heaven.

Mark said without any hurry: "Soon."

"As long as we can go up there, nothing will happen to the people on the other side."

the other side.

China's lunar landing engineering team.

As expected by Shan Xing, the research team quickly collected applications from many units and research institutions after releasing the announcement for soliciting proposals for detection and mining vehicles.

After preliminary screening, a total of ten proposals entered the second round of re-selection.

In the second round of re-selection, the submitter will explain the proposal himself and undergo strict evaluation by aerospace experts and the jury. In this round, not only the technological advancement and innovation of the plan are required, but also its practical application must be considered. Feasibility and cost-effectiveness.

Luo Yao, who had just taken the position of chief engineer of the mechanical group, naturally did not escape the fate of going to work and was brought to the review site by Shan Xing.

Logically speaking, Luo Yao should be nervous in this situation, but in fact Shan Xing was much more nervous than him.

"Gong Luo, if the plan is not good in a while, you don't have to say anything. Just remind me and let me talk."

After Shan Xing finished his instructions, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

As the chief engineer of the mechanical team, isn't it too abnormal not to speak?

He could only say bravely under Luo Yao's gaze: "Of course, Gong Luo, you can also speak, but just don't hurt others so much."

Luo Yao was silent for two or three seconds and then asked: "I have agreed now, will you believe it?"

The honest Shan Xing said: "This... it really won't happen."

"So if you want me to go, you need to take a certain high risk."

Well, high risk corresponds to high return.

The truth is that this is true, but is it possible that this does not seem to be used to describe people?

Shan Xing thought depressedly, hoping that everyone's plan would surprise Luo Yao.

Some companies involve foreign capital, and in order to avoid risks, their plans are screened out in the first round.

Where the lunar landing engineering team was, Shan Xing took Luo Yao to avoid everyone and went upstairs through a special passage.

When we arrived at the place, there were already many people sitting inside. Director Jiang, the leader of the lunar landing project team, saw them coming and quickly stood up to greet them.

He stretched out his hand and said: "Gong Luo, welcome, welcome..."

Director Jiang was halfway through the greeting when he realized that Luo Yao had not reached out, and suddenly saw Shan Xing winking at him.

After being stunned for a few seconds, Director Jiang quickly raised his outstretched hand in the air, pointed in the direction and said, "Gong Luo, come and sit over here."

The clever Director Jiang avoided an extreme embarrassment.

"It's about to start. Luo Gong, please take a sip of tea first."

The judging has finally begun.

The lights in the venue were dimmed a bit, and beams of spotlights shone on the stage, illuminating the central area like daylight. Luo Yao sat on the judging bench, adjusted his posture, and was ready to start his judging work.

The first one to come up was the team from the Institute of Deep Space Exploration Robotics of the University of Technology. They elaborated on the mechanical structure, power system and acquisition equipment of the rover. Various complex mechanical drawings and simulation experiment data were displayed on the slides.

"Taking into account the soft texture of the lunar surface and the hard potty ground similar to saline-alkali land, we decided to use 6 wheels for independent driving. In addition, we will add a safety assistance system, refer to the intelligent recognition and avoidance similar to our country's electric vehicles, plan the route map, and autonomously Automatic movement function.”

"Currently it is estimated that the cost of a car is about 100 million."

Luo Yao's face was complicated.

The system mentioned by the other party was developed by Luo Yao. The reason is that some people don’t like the presence of artificial intelligence in the car at all times. Luo Yao developed such a system in order to make electric vehicles capable of artificial intelligence-assisted driving. .

This system is too simple for Luo Yao. He only needs to integrate the driving data collected by Xiao Moss, fine-tune a few parameters, and take part of Xiao Moss' analysis and decision-making model.

Because it was too simple, Luo Yao asked car companies not to use his name in promotions.

All car companies are relying on Luo Yao for their livelihood. He made such a request, and of course everyone complied with it. When publicizing it to the outside world, no one knew that the safety assistance system was also made by Luo Yao.

"Excluding the safety assistance system, how much does your car cost?" Luo Yao suddenly asked.

The person on the other side quickly replied: "The cost of the car itself is around 60 million."

"What about the safety assist system?"

"It costs about 30 million. We will cooperate with car companies to develop it to adapt to the extreme conditions on the moon!"

Thirty million to improve safety assistance systems?

"The price...is too expensive." Luo Yao commented seriously.

When the team representatives from the Institute of Deep Space Exploration Robotics of the University of Technology heard Luo Yao's comments, a trace of embarrassment flashed across their faces. They obviously did not expect that Luo Yao would point out the price issue so directly, and they were at a loss for a moment.

"Gong Luo, this price was determined after many negotiations between us and the car companies. Considering the particularity of the lunar environment, we need to make a lot of improvements in the stability and adaptability of the system." The team representative tried to explain.

Shan Xing turned around and said, "Gong Luo, the price is not fixed. We can talk to the other party's technicians for details."

Luo Yao blinked and said, "Do you want to talk? Let's start now."

"I had no idea that the safety assistance system I wrote casually would be so popular."

After Luo Yao finished speaking, other people's expressions changed.

The person from the University of Technology stumbled and asked: "Gong Luo, you said that the safety assistance system is your... masterpiece?"

Luo Yao nodded slightly and said calmly: "Yes, the core algorithm and data integration method of the safety assistance system are indeed a project I developed before. This is actually just an ordinary driving assistance system. I didn't expect it to be used by you. On the rover."

When the team representatives from the Institute of Deep Space Exploration Robotics of the University of Technology heard this, they showed shocked expressions on their faces. They always thought that the safety assistance system was an innovative technology independently developed by the car company's team, but they did not expect that it turned out to be Luo Yao's masterpiece. This sudden turn of events made it difficult for them to accept it for a while.

They just said in front of others that they could be used on the moon after modification, and they even quoted a price of 30 million yuan without shame.

This feeling is like a merchant packaging the product with all the bells and whistles and then returning it to the manufacturer.

Manufacturers have actually seen through their packaging a long time ago.

Shan Xing looked at this scene and couldn't laugh or cry in his heart. He knew Luo Yao's strength in the field of autonomous driving, but he didn't expect that his system would be so "cleverly" applied to the exploration vehicle, and he would also be quoted a high price.

"What's going on? Does your system have anything to do with Gong Luo?" Director Jiang asked from the side.

The team representatives from the Deep Space Exploration Robot Research Institute of the University of Technology nodded awkwardly, and one of them bravely explained: "Director Jiang, we originally wanted to make some improvements and adaptations based on the safety assistance system developed by Luo Gong. In order to adapt to the special environment of the moon, I didn’t expect that the system was developed by Luo Gong himself..."

Director Jiang raised his eyebrows. It was impossible for these people to increase the budget.

The developed safety assistance system is already here, so why should others take the lead in developing it?

"Gong Luo, you think this system they are talking about is quite difficult. What do you think is more suitable? If you come to develop it, do you need manpower?" Director Jiang looked at the people from Ganye University and decided to give it to them. To save some face, let Luo Yao take the opportunity to cooperate with them to install the safety assistance system.

"I've actually made the ones used on the moon a long time ago. It's not that difficult. It's such a waste of time for a large group of people to do this." Luo Yao said bluntly without giving Director Jiang any face.

"Oh? Mr. Luo, you mean that you already have a safety assistance system suitable for the lunar environment?" Director Jiang asked in surprise.

Luo Yao nodded and said calmly: "Yes, the environment on the moon is different from that on the earth, so I have long redesigned a safety assistance system for the special environment of the moon. This system is not only more stable and reliable, but also And it can better adapt to the extreme conditions of the moon."

The representatives from the University of Technology had expressions of embarrassment and disappointment on their faces when they heard this. They originally had a glimmer of hope that they could cooperate with Luo Yao to jointly develop this system. Unexpectedly, Luo Yao had already developed it. Got it!

Is this reasonable?

Can one person build that thing?

In just ten minutes, they had to accept the reality that when Nvwo created humans, it was very likely that they would only be equipped with cerebellums and not brains.

Director Jiang looked at the expressions of the team representatives and felt helpless. He knew that this review was a big blow to them, but what could he do?

What's more, Luo Yao has now built one of the key systems. Of course Director Jiang is happy!

"Gong Luo, has this system been tested so far?"

Luo Yao felt that Director Jiang's question was inexplicable.

"I have tested this system many times in an artificial intelligence simulation environment to ensure that it can operate stably under various extreme conditions. At the same time, I have also conducted detailed evaluation and optimization of various performance indicators of the system. To ensure that it can meet the needs of lunar exploration missions."

"As for the field test you are referring to, the only way is to try it by throwing it on the moon."

Director Jiang was about to grin, but after a few seconds of slow reaction, he realized the problem. After he and Shan Xing looked at each other, he said, "Throw it on the moon? Does this system have corresponding equipment?"

"Yes, but it's not mature now, so I didn't take it out."

Luo Yao's answer made both Director Jiang and Shan Xing look surprised. They didn't expect that Luo Yao had not only developed a safety assistance system, but also had preliminary ideas for the corresponding equipment.

"Gong Luo, you are such a surprise!" Director Jiang praised, "Since we already have the equipment, why not show it out for everyone to take a look at? We can also provide you with some suggestions."

Luo Yao hesitated and said: "Director Jiang, my current equipment is not in its primary stage. It has all the functions it should have for exploration, mining of ore resources, loading, and connecting with small moss, and I have been improving it. and optimization-related performance.”

"I don't care about other people's opinions now, but I want to complete a perfect work. As it is now, I think there is still something missing."

Seeing Luo Yao's slightly regretful face, the experts and academicians present almost couldn't contain themselves.

Exploration, mining ore resources, loading, and small moss online?

The first two of these functions are simply awesome!

Why did they go all the way to the moon?

It’s not about mining ores for scientific research.

According to Luo Yao, his equipment can solve these two major problems at once. How can they endure it?

But the key is that Luo Yao refuses to take it out now. Perfectionism is really harmful!

Everyone here has dealt with Luo Yao several times on the moon landing project, and they all know Luo Yao's character to some extent. They know that it is unrealistic to force Luo Yao to hand him over, so they all said it gently. stand up.

"Academician Luo, you are too modest. With such a good equipment, we might as well let it perform its tasks first. During the task, we may be able to discover its problems. What do you think?"

"Gong Luo, no product can be presented in a perfect state at the beginning. We just need to keep iterating! Just bring it out and we can help find a solution!"

"Gong Luo, the equipment you built will definitely be of great use after we land on the moon. It's better for us to conduct field tests first!"

Most of the people in the conference room were trying to persuade Luo Yao, but Luo Yao still disagreed.

"I always feel that a key technology is missing. Now that it's on the moon, it's probably not of much use."

How could a group of people listen to what he said?

To them this was nothing but Versailles modesty!

One by one, they immediately continued to persuade. At this time, Shan Xing received a call.

After hearing what was said in the microphone, Shan Xing's expression changed.

"What? Starship V3 will be launched in three days?!"

p.s. Normal updates will resume tomorrow~