Chapter 1081 Why Is It This Damn Thing Again?

On the outskirts of Boston, there is a research institute covering an area of ​​over 100 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 US$2 billion.

Until last year, the research directions here were mainly focused on the research of clinical biology.

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 research on human cryopreservation technology, and a billion-dollar fund has been injected by the well-known charity Cancer Medical Research Fund As a fund, it aims to send terminally ill patients who cannot be properly treated in this century to a future where they can be cured.

Now, the Cryobiology Institute is managed by Space-X and merged with Space-X's cryo-hibernation laboratory.

The reason why the cooperation can be reached so smoothly is that the two parties have the same appeal for cryo-sleep technology, but one is in the direction of aerospace and the other is in the direction of medical treatment.

As for another reason...

Naturally, it is because both have a common benefactor-David Lawrence, the young leader of the Boston consortium.

Not just this cryobiology institute.

Now most of Space-X's projects, as long as he is optimistic, he has invested in them, even though many of them don't seem to be so profitable...

At this moment, in the cryobiology laboratory.

A large cylindrical petri dish sits between the two computers, connected by various pipes. In the middle of the petri dish, there was an experimental monkey lying quietly. If it weren't for the beating lines on the electrocardiogram, just looking at it like this from the outside, it wouldn't even know whether it was alive or dead.

Staring at the monkey for a long time, David Lawrence asked.

"How is the research going?"

Standing next to him, Musk said with a smile on his face: "It's been going well so far. The congressional staff who have a good relationship with us have convinced the Congressional Budget Committee at the hearing that cryogenic hibernation technology is a space technology. It is an indispensable part of colonization, especially for the colonization and exploration of distant galaxies. This allowed us to successfully get the order from NASA—”

"You know I don't care about that."

Looking at the petri dish not far away, and the experimental monkey floating in it, his eyes seemed to be staring at something far away, David Lawrence said in a casual tone, "I have a lot of money, I I don't care how much money you can make for me with this thing, I only care about whether you can complete my plan."

Looking at Lawrence's back, Musk swallowed involuntarily.

After being silent for a while, he tried to calm himself down from the tension, and said with a soothed brow.

"I understand, rich Mr. Lawrence... In fact, it's not all about money. It's a joy to be able to realize a childhood dream. Just to make it a reality, we have to seek those Help from those who can."

Lawrence nodded slightly: "If NASA has the resources you need, I don't dislike you doing it, but I hope you don't put the cart before the horse. I don't care if it can save a few poor people's poor lives, but this technology is important to me. Saying it's important, I need it, it's as simple as that."

Musk nodded slightly in a respectful gesture.

"I see."

Although he is a rising star in Silicon Valley's science and technology industry, and has been crowned by countless people with a series of titles such as "Iron Man" and "Future Giant of the Technology Industry", 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 not worth mentioning at all.

Their wealth has been accumulated in units of centuries, and even the Federal Tax Service does not know how rich they are.

And the connections that run deep throughout the financial system...

Mastering these things is sometimes more terrifying than simply being rich.

Looking at the monkeys floating in the training center, Lawrence was silent for a while, then suddenly spoke.

"Speaking of which, there is one more thing I am very concerned about."

Musk asked immediately.

"What's up?"

"About your little company called Neuralink, and that project called 'Neural Lace'," Lawrence looked away from the petri dish, looked sideways at Musk, and asked with interest, "I think Know how it's going now?"

Neural lace, also known as Neura lace, is a technology that drills nano-scale wires into the brain and makes contact with external electrodes.

Based on such technology, users will be able to transmit signals through external electrical electrodes, so as to operate a series of electronic devices including mobile phones, computers, etc., and even project their consciousness directly into the Internet, face-to-face with people thousands of miles away. interact.

Similar technologies have been developed for a long time, but it has only recently become popular again.

"Some progress has been made...but it's not very big compared to two years ago," Musk explained after a pause, "the technical feasibility of establishing a brain-computer interface through nanowires is beyond doubt. We've done it before. But the problem is, even if we make the neural lace thin enough, it's hard to guarantee that it won't cause permanent damage to the brain..."

After listening to Musk's explanation, Lawrence nodded, the expression on his face seemed to be thinking about something.

Just when Musk was wondering why this guy suddenly thought of the Neuralink company he invested in, Lawrence suddenly continued to ask.

"If in the state of cryogenic hibernation, only the body is hibernated, but the brain is not hibernated...or only a part of the brain is hibernated to ensure that the other half that can form a dream is awake, is it theoretically possible?"

Musk froze slightly, and his pupils shrank instantly.

"what do you mean……"

"...I don't know much about this," Musk shook his head, "...this is not my specialty, and it is irresponsible to draw conclusions about this kind of technology that has not yet been born."

"But if it's just a theoretical speculation," he continued after a pause, "if you keep a part of the brain, I'm afraid not only the brain-computer interface must be implanted in the brain, but also the nutritional interface must be implanted to input oxygen and oxygen from the outside. nutrients to keep the brain alive."

Lawrence: "So it's theoretically possible?"

Meeting his gaze, Musk couldn't help but hold his breath.

He originally thought that his imagination was already unconstrained, but he didn't expect someone to be crazier than himself.

"The weak physical body is just a burden, and the spirit—or consciousness is the foundation of being a human being. I thought you would agree with me." Seeing that Musk hadn't spoken for a long time, Lawrence's face showed a trace of not knowing if it was true. Fakely disappointed, he smiled and continued, "But it's okay, you are just a passer-by in this era, you just need to do what I say."

At this moment, the secretary standing aside suddenly came over with a mobile phone and whispered something to Lawrence.

A surprised expression appeared on his face. Lawrence glanced at the things on the phone screen, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a voice with some interest.

"Looks like something interesting happened."

After recovering from his stupefaction, Musk frowned, and immediately asked, "What is it..."

Lawrence said with a relaxed tone, "The phone is on you. It's the number one hot topic on Twitter. You should be better at playing these things than me. Why don't you check it out yourself?"

Without any pause, Musk immediately took out his phone from his pocket and switched to the Twitter app.

However, at the moment when the line of sight meets the screen...

His heartbeat almost stopped for half a beat.

[Jinling Institute for Advanced Study has completed the neural access virtual reality technology, realizing the seamless connection between the non-invasive nervous system and computer system! 】

[Xingkong Technology is openly recruiting virtual reality system testing experimenters from all over the world! 】

Seeing these two lines, Musk almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

Dry!

Star Technology!

Why is it this damn thing again?