Chapter 1080: What the **** is that?

On the outskirts of Boston is a research institute covering an area of ​​hundreds of acres.
The institute was originally a cooperative unit of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is controlled by a pharmaceutical company with a market value of about $ 2 billion.
Until last year, the research directions here were mainly focused on clinical biology research.
But now, it has been given a new mission by the First National Bank of Boston, which acquired it. All research directions have turned to the study of human cryopreservation technology, and it has been injected with a billion dollars by the well-known charity Cancer Medical Research Fund As a funding, it aims to send the terminally ill patients who cannot be properly treated in this century to cure their future.
The Cryobiological Institute is now managed by Space-X and merged with Space-X's Cryo-dormant Lab.
The reason why the cooperation can be reached so smoothly is that the two sides have the same demands for the freezing and dormant technology, except that one is in the aerospace direction and the other is in the medical direction.
As for another reason ...
Naturally, because both have a common gold owner-the young leader of the Boston Consortium, David Lawrence.
Not just this Institute of Cryobiology.
At present, most of Space-X's projects, as long as he is optimistic, he has invested in them, even if many of them, it seems that they are not so profitable ...
At the moment, in the frozen biology lab.
A huge cylindrical petri dish sits between two computers and is connected by various pipes. Lying quietly in the middle of the petri dish, a test monkey, if it wasn't for the beating lines on the electrocardiogram, looked at it outside like this and didn't even know whether it was alive or dead.
Staring at the monkey for a long time, David Lawrence asked.
"How is the research progressing?"
Standing next to him, Musk smiled and talked bluntly: "It has been going well so far, and the MPs who have a good relationship with us convinced the Congressional Budget Committee at the hearing and convinced them that the freezing dormant technology is space. An indispensable part of colonization, especially for the exploration of distant galaxy colonies. This allowed us to successfully get an order from NASA-"
"You know I don't care about this."
Looking at the petri dish not far away, and the experimental monkey floating in it, the eyes seemed to be staring at something distant, David Lawrence said casually, "I have a lot of money, I I don't care how much you can make money with this thing, I just care if you can complete my plan. "
Looking at Lawrence's back, Musk swallowed involuntarily.
After a few moments of silence, he tried to calm himself from the tension, and said a soothing frown.
"I understand, rich Mr. Lawrence ... In fact, I don't really care about money, it is a very pleasant thing to be able to realize my childhood dreams, just to make dreams come true, we have to seek those Help from capable people. "
Lawrence nodded slightly: "If NASA has the resources you need, I don't dislike you doing this, but I hope you don't put the cart before the horse. I don't care if it can save the poor lives of a few poor people, but this technology has helped me It's important to say, I need it, it's that simple. "
Musk nodded slightly respectfully.
"I know."
Although he is a rising star in the Silicon Valley science and technology innovation industry and has been counted as a series of titles such as "Iron Man" and "future technology giant" by many people, he knows very well that among those old Wall Street financial giants In front of him, neither he nor those Internet tycoons who have become giants are worth mentioning.
Their wealth was accumulated in centuries, and even the Federal Revenue Service did not know how rich they were.
And the network that is rooted in the entire financial system ...
Mastering these things is sometimes more frightening than simply being rich.
Watching the monkey floating in the middle of training, Lawrence was silent for a while, and suddenly said.
"Speaking of which, I still have one thing to care about."
Musk asked immediately.
"what's up?"
"About your little company called Neuralink and the project called" Neural Lace "," looking away from the petri dish, Lawrence glanced at Musk and asked with interest, "I think Know how it's going now? "
Nerve lace, also called so-called, is a technology that drills nano-sized wires into the brain to make contact with external electrodes.
Based on this technology, users will be able to transmit signals through external electrical electrodes, thereby operating a range of electronic equipment, including mobile phones, computers, etc., and even projecting consciousness directly into the Internet, face-to-face with people far away interact.
Similar technology has been in development for a long time, but it has only recently become popular again.
"It's been a bit of progress ... but it's not quite as big as it was two years ago," Pause explained, Musk explained, "the technical feasibility of establishing a brain-computer interface through nanowires is unquestionable. We have confirmed it long ago. However, the problem is that even if we have made the nerve lace thin enough, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not cause permanent damage to the brain ... "
After listening to Musk's explanation, Lawrence nodded, his face seemed to be thinking about something.
Just as Musk was wondering why this guy suddenly thought of the Neuralink company he invested in, Lawrence continued to ask.
"If in the frozen dormant state, only the body and not the brain ... or only a part of the brain, to ensure that the other half of the dream can be awake, can it theoretically be done?"
Musk froze slightly, and his pupils contracted instantly.
"what do you mean……"
"Looks like you've guessed it," Lawrence smiled, raised his chin slightly, and pointed to the monkey soaking in a petri dish not far away, "I want to know that it can be used in the dormant state. Something '? "
"... This, I'm not quite sure," Musk shook his head. "... This is not my profession, and it is irresponsible to draw conclusions about this technology that has not yet been born."
"But if you only speculate theoretically," he paused for a moment, he continued, "If you keep a part of the brain, I'm afraid not only to implant a brain-computer interface in the brain, but also a nutrition interface to input oxygen and Nutrients to sustain the brain. "
Lawrence: "So theoretically feasible?"
He met his sight ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Musk could not help holding his breath.
He originally thought that his imagination was enough, and he didn't expect anyone to be more crazy than himself.
"The cowardly body is just a burden, and the spirit—or consciousness—is the foundation of being born. I thought you would agree with me." Seeing that Musk didn't speak for a long time, there was a trace of ignorance on Lawrence's face False disappointment, smiled and continued, "But it doesn't matter, you are just a passenger of this era, you just need to do as I say."
Just then, the secretary standing by suddenly came over with her cell phone and whispered something to Lawrence.
A look of surprise appeared on his face. Lawrence glanced at what was on the screen of the phone, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a sound of interest.
"It seems like something interesting happened."
After returning from the God of God, Musk frowned, and immediately asked, "What's the matter ..."
Lawrence smiled easily and said, "The mobile phone is on you, the first one of the hot topic of Twitter, you should play these things more than me, why not take a look yourself?"
Without any pause, Musk immediately took the phone out of his pocket and switched to the Twitter app.
However, the moment the line of sight touches the screen ...
His heartbeat stopped almost half a beat.
[Jinling Advanced Institute completes neural access virtual reality technology to achieve seamless connection between non-invasive neural system and computer system! 】
[Xingkong Technology recruits virtual reality system packaging and testing experimenters for the global public! 】
Seeing these two lines, Musk almost did not spit out old blood.
dry!
Starry sky technology!
What the is that?