Chapter 350 Why Are the Experts Still Quarreling over Him? (5K Votes Requested, Please Follow Up)

Under the supervision of Zheng Yang and Shan Xing, Luo Yao led Professor Huang, Charles and others to conduct many more monkey experiments.

Fortunately, the brains of monkeys are not enough, and the effect of brain-computer neural chips on improving intelligence is limited.

"The monkey brain also has frontal lobes, parietal lobes, temporal lobes and occipital lobes, which are responsible for processing vision, hearing, movement and cognition. However, compared with the human brain, these areas of the monkey brain may be relatively simple, with fewer neurons. and lower connection complexity, which limits their capabilities in areas such as information processing, learning and memory."

"It seems that there are still limitations to improving the human brain's IQ by relying solely on brain-computer neural chips." Luo Yao fell into deep thought, without any concern for the expressions of the people around him.

When everyone heard it, they always felt that something was wrong.

Is this...swearing?

Everyone finally agreed that Luo Yao was talking about someone else.

Compared with current brain-computer interface technology, Luo Yao's technology has an additional key component - a brain-computer neural chip. This chip was originally designed to interact more deeply with brain nerves, thereby achieving a deeper improvement of human intelligence.

However, the results of the monkey experiment showed that the effect of brain-computer neural chips in improving intelligence is not unlimited. This triggered Luo Yao's consideration. Is this a technical problem or is there some insurmountable obstacle to the improvement of human brain power? limit?

In order to answer these questions, Luo Yao decided to extend the time of the animal experiment. He hopes to find out the best effect of the brain-computer neural chip in improving intelligence through longer observation and research, as well as the possible risks.

After Zheng Yang and Shan Xing learned about Luo Yao's decision to extend the animal experiment time, their worries were slightly relieved. Ever since they saw monkeys doing simple math problems, they have been concerned about the safety and safety of brain-computer neural chip technology. The effect is treated with caution.

After all, this technology involves the complex mechanism of the human brain. Once it gets out of control, the consequences will not be something they can bear.

"Gong Luo, I think you will have to work harder during this period. In addition to keeping an eye on the brain-computer interface experiment, there will be a lunar base construction report meeting the day after tomorrow. You, Gong Luo, need to attend."

Luo Yao nodded.

The day of the debriefing meeting.

Shan Xing originally wanted to send a flying car to pick up Luo Yao, but Luo Yao refused.

In terms of comfort and refreshment, it is of course the most enjoyable to drive Baidi by yourself.

Luo Yao drove Baidi into the air and saw the flying cars shuttled between cities.

These flying cars, like dexterous hummingbirds, drew tracks in the air. The flying height of the flying cars was between 1,000 and 2,000 meters. When Luo Yao drove Baidi to continue to raise the altitude, the surrounding flying cars The person in the middle showed envious eyes.

Luo Yao didn't care at all. Now he was used to driving Baidi over the city. This feeling of flying freely in the vast world had long become a part of his daily life.

Bai Di quickly took him to Huaguo University of Science and Technology.

The appearance of Bai Di naturally attracted the attention of the students.

"It's better to be in the capital. You can see the Baidi. We can't see anyone driving the Baidi over there."

"Is there a possibility that we don't see it very often in the capital either."

"How is it possible? Didn't Bai Emperor allow flying in the capital?"

"Permission is one thing, whether you can buy it is another. Baidi is originally a military product. How can ordinary people buy it?"

"Don't talk about ordinary people. I have been in the capital for so long and I have only seen Academician Luo driving the White Emperor."

"I heard that the higher authorities originally did not allow Baidi flights in the city, but Academician Luo wanted to fly, so the higher authorities made a special exception!"

"It's great to see Academician Luo from above!"

"If you have the same achievements as Academician Luo, I guess your treatment will be better!"

Amidst the discussion, Huaguo University of Science and Technology had already led Luo Yao to the conference room.

As soon as he entered the conference room, it was Luo Yao's least favorite part.

Everyone started to chat.

"Academician Luo, you are still so energetic today. Such good energy is really enviable." A professor praised.

Luo Yao said seriously: "You can try the AI ​​medical cabin. You only need to sleep for two hours."

The professor remained silent.

Lying down in the AI ​​​​medical cabin to sleep for two hours is not acceptable to everyone. Regarding Luo Yao's weird suggestion, the professor smiled awkwardly and quickly took the opportunity to say hello to others and walked away.

"Academician Luo, long time no see. Have you rested during this period? I heard that you have been recuperating." As soon as Academician Chen from the Space Application Engineering and Technology Center saw Luo Yao, he came over to say hello enthusiastically.

"Well, I'm studying other things." Luo Yao paused, thinking that he couldn't reveal that he was studying brain-computer technology now, so he could only briefly talk about it.

Academician Chen became interested: "Oh? Academician Luo, what are you studying?"

Academician Chen's exclamation instantly attracted the attention of others.

Every time Luo Yao's research can almost cause shock in the scientific and technological world, so at this moment, everyone is curious.

"What is Academician Luo studying now?"

"It must have something to do with space, right?"

"Are we going to develop Mars?"

The discussion among the crowd attracted Shan Xing's attention. He was worried that Luo Yaozui was about to reveal the brain-computer technology, so he walked over quickly. At this time, Luo Yao spoke: "Teach monkeys to do math problems."

Shan Xing stumbled and almost fell.

The expressions on other people's faces also became strange.

Teach a monkey to do math problems?

Isn't this just looking for trouble?

This group of experts in the aerospace field all pay attention to practicality.

Teaching monkeys to do math problems is not their pragmatic style.

With this free time, wouldn’t it be more useful to teach students?

Academician Luo, you still have such a comfortable life that you have such leisure.

Even though they looked down on Luo Yao's research, others still tried hard to say: "That is indeed of great research value."

When Luo Yao heard this, he didn't care whether the other party was perfunctory with him, and still asked seriously: "What do you think is the value?"

Luo Yao's serious question caught everyone present off guard. They thought Luo Yao was just joking or just talking, but they didn't expect that he really wanted to discuss this topic in depth.

An older scientist hesitated for a moment, and then replied as seriously as possible: "Academician Luo, from the perspective of basic science, studying animal cognition and behavioral patterns does have certain value. This can help us learn more deeply. Understanding how the brain works provides new ideas for future neuroscience research."

Luo Yao nodded, seemingly satisfied with this answer. He continued to ask: "So, what application prospects do you think this research has in the aerospace field?"

This question caused the experts present to ponder. They know that Luo Yao is a very forward-looking scientist, and his research can often lead the trend of scientific and technological development. But linking teaching monkeys to do math problems with the aerospace industry seemed to them to be...

Too ahead of its time!

One expert said: "All I can think of is that we can send monkeys into space to do experiments."

Luo Yao pursed his lips and commented: "Superficial."

Everyone looked embarrassed.

Shan Xing cleared his throat and said, "Academician Luo means that he just wants to send monkeys into space for experiments, and there is no need to do too much research. The direction of his research is actually a bit different from the traditional one."

Shan Xing's explanation confused the experts present, and they began to wonder if they had missed some key information.

However, Luo Yao's research direction has always been full of mystery, and this time should be no exception.

Someone was about to continue asking. How could Shan Xing allow them to continue to delve deeper? He waved his hand and said, "It's time for the meeting to begin. Please sit down, everyone."

After hearing this, everyone had to temporarily suppress the doubts in their hearts and returned to their seats. The conference room gradually became quiet, with only Shan Xing's loud voice echoing.

"Everyone, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend this meeting. Our theme today is about the latest progress and future plans for the construction of lunar bases. I hope everyone can brainstorm and jointly contribute to our country's aerospace industry."

As soon as Shan Xing finished speaking, warm applause erupted in the conference room. Everyone was very enthusiastic about the construction of the lunar base, and they were all looking forward to hearing more latest news about this project.

"I would like to report first that with the assistance of the lunar mechanical dog and the lunar construction robot, about 90% of the lunar base construction has been completed. The focus of the next stage is the acceptance and mining of helium 3 minerals."

"We plan to complete the acceptance work of all facilities in the next three months to ensure that they can operate stably in the extreme lunar environment."

Shan Xing’s tone was full of hope for the future, “At the same time, our scientific research team is also studying more efficient helium-3 mining technology, with the goal of improving mining efficiency, reducing mining costs, and providing solid support for my country’s future energy strategy. "

"But here comes the important question. Should helium 3 be mined in situ and used in a nuclear fusion plant, or should it be transported back to Blue Star?"

"If mined and used in situ, it can save a lot of transportation costs and provide energy support for the lunar base in real time." An engineer first expressed his opinion.

"However, this also brings technical challenges." Another scientist retorted, "Currently our technology cannot achieve efficient conversion and utilization of helium 3, let alone in the extreme environment of the moon."

"Even if a nuclear fusion plant is built there, how will the converted electrical energy be transported back to the ground?" Fan Dedong from the power grid asked.

Fan Dedong's question made the atmosphere in the conference room tense.

Indeed, even if a nuclear fusion plant can be successfully established on the moon to convert helium 3 into electrical energy, how to efficiently and safely transport this electrical energy back to the earth will still be a huge technical problem.

Luo Yao frowned slightly. He knew the importance of this issue. He thought for a moment and then said: "Perhaps we can consider using microwave wireless power transmission technology to transmit the electricity on the moon back to the earth in the form of microwaves."

"Microwave wireless power transmission?" Everyone looked at Luo Yao in surprise.

Luo Yao nodded and continued to explain: "Microwave wireless power transmission is a technology that converts electrical energy into microwaves, then transmits it through space, and then receives and converts it into electrical energy. Although there is no precedent for this technology at present, I think it will There is huge potential.”

"If a stable microwave wireless power transmission channel can be established between the moon and the earth, then we can transmit the power on the moon back to the earth in real time, solving the problems of transportation costs and technical challenges." Luo Yao's words made everyone's eyes clear. Bright.

Fan Dedong hesitated: "Theoretically, the problem is not big, but how do we convert microwaves into direct current?"

Other experts fell into deep thought after hearing Fan Dedong's question.

Direct current is the dominant form of electrical energy in modern power systems.

Most of the electrical equipment used in daily life, whether it is lighting, refrigeration or power equipment, is designed to receive DC power or to be able to efficiently convert AC power to DC power. Therefore, the power obtained from the microwave receiving end needs to be converted to DC power to meet the requirements. Extensive electricity needs.

The conversion of microwaves into direct current is also an important step in ensuring power quality and stability.

Microwaves may be interfered by many factors during transmission, such as atmospheric conditions, space radiation, etc.

After the microwave is converted into direct current, a series of filtering, voltage stabilization and other measures can be used to ensure the stability and quality of the output power and meet the needs of various electrical equipment.

Therefore, it is impossible to use microwave transmission without converting it into direct current.

Everyone looked at Fan Dedong, wanting to see what he, a power grid expert, could do, but Fan Dedong himself looked at Luo Yao.

Luo Yao pondered for a while and said, "This must be transformed by ground equipment."

"The principle of converting microwaves into direct current mainly relies on the nonlinear characteristics of semiconductor devices, especially rectifier diodes. After the microwave energy is transmitted to the receiving end, we need to use these devices to convert the AC component in the microwave into a DC component."

"Microwave energy is captured through a special receiving antenna and focused on the rectifier diode. This antenna needs to have efficient microwave capture capabilities and good directivity to ensure that the received microwave energy is maximized."

“When microwave energy acts on the rectifier diode, due to the nonlinear characteristics of the diode, it only allows a part of the energy in the microwave to pass through and converts this part of the energy into DC current. This process is similar to the process in which alternating current is converted into direct current through a rectifier. , but here, we are dealing with high-frequency microwave energy.”

“Since the frequency of microwaves is much higher than that of ordinary alternating current, the direct current converted directly often contains large ripples and noise. Therefore, it is necessary to smooth the converted direct current through a filter to remove the high-frequency components, and obtain More stable DC output.”

"In addition, in order to ensure that the output DC power has a stable voltage, a voltage stabilizing circuit needs to be introduced. The voltage stabilizing circuit can automatically adjust components such as resistors or inductors in the circuit according to changes in the output voltage to maintain the stability of the output voltage."

Fan Dedong nodded repeatedly and said, "Academician Luo and I have similar thoughts. I can't believe that Academician Luo even knows about electricity."

Luo Yao said strangely: "This is not difficult. I am not an expert in electricity. On this issue, I just drew on some basic principles of electricity and combined it with the characteristics of microwave transmission to come up with a rough idea."

There was silence.

Now everyone is curious about the monkey used in Luo Yao's experiment.

Comparing the IQ of monkeys with humans, there is a world of difference. How did Luo Yao tolerate the other person?

Shan Xing said in embarrassment: "Academician Luo always makes jokes. Since Fan Dedong also thinks that Academician Luo is right, then this part will be left to you."

Fan Dedong looked embarrassed.

"President, we can only try."

"The technology of microwave-to-DC conversion is complex and involves cross-cutting technologies in multiple fields. We need to form an interdisciplinary team to jointly overcome this problem."

Shan Xing nodded to express his understanding: "I understand your difficulties, but the realization of this technology is of great significance to our energy strategy. I will try my best to coordinate resources and provide you with the necessary support and assistance."

Fan Dedong glanced at Luo Yao and said expectantly: "Then can I apply for the deployment of people from the Luo Research Society?"

Shan Xing's hand movements froze.

Mad, why do you keep giving me problems one by one?

Is it possible for him to deploy the people at the Luo Society if he wants?

It was a bit hard to accept that he was asked to admit in public that the Luo Research Institute was not under his control.

Shan Xing was depressed, and in the end he could only say: "Can't you use other resources? People from the Luo Research Society... are generally busy."

Everyone knows that Shan Xing is not lying, because the Luo Research Society is now famous for having many projects, and companies may not be able to find opportunities if they line up to send money to it.

Fan Dedong glanced around, gritted his teeth and decided to take the risk: "President, let's be honest here. No matter other research institutes or university research groups, in terms of strength and achievements, they are indeed not as good as those of the Luo Research Institute." people."

"The Locke Research Society is an international leader in research in space projects, nuclear fusion and many other fields. Their joining will undoubtedly greatly enhance the R&D strength of our team. I know that the Society has many topics and resources are tight, but We can try to communicate with them and see if we can allocate some suitable people to our project.”

"If you call me someone else, it's very likely that our project won't be completed."

Fan Dedong said this so unceremoniously that the other experts, professors, and technicians present were unhappy.

"Mr. Fan, what you said is too serious. When did our people become so bad?"

"I admit that the Luo Research Society may be ahead in some aspects, but we have been working hard to catch up. When you say that, do you look down on our efforts too much?"

"Hehe, Mr. Fan, if you want to flatter people, you are not so flattering!"

Fan Dedong's face turned slightly red, and he said anxiously: "What nonsense are you talking about? Academician Luo, do you still need me to curry favor?"

Luo Yao, who had been distracted for a long time, came back to his senses when he heard his name.

After listening for a while, he became even more puzzled.

Why are these experts still quarreling over him?

Are they too idle?