Chapter 693 Are You Still Short of People?

The day after the bidding conference ends.

The same is the auditorium.

Standing right in front of the auditorium, Lu Zhou gave a lecture on computational materials science to the students of Harbin Institute of Technology with a loud and steady voice.

"...The advantage of computational materials science is that we can avoid many unnecessary mistakes through calculations, and get rid of the traditional scientific intuition, and use a more rational vision to find the answers we need."

"Taking the theoretical model of electrochemical interface structure as an example, I will briefly explain the application of mathematical theories such as functional analysis in the field of computational materials science..."

It was dark under the stage, shoulders were touching shoulders, and some people even sat on the ground.

After hearing the news of this report meeting, not only students from Harbin Institute of Technology and nearby universities, but even some researchers who have graduated for many years and worked in nearby research institutes and are engaged in materials research institutes also came here.

In order to maintain order at the scene, Harbin Institute of Technology dragged almost half of the security staff over. Although this report will cause a lot of trouble for the teachers here, but seeing the expression on Academician Zou's face, he is quite happy.

In order to respond to their enthusiasm, Lu Zhou also devoted himself to this lecture with all his energy.

Regarding what he said today, that is, the theoretical model of the electrochemical interface structure, it has caused a considerable sensation in the field of computational materials and surface chemistry, and he himself has been awarded the Hoff Prize by the German Chemical Society. Mann Medal, and joint nominations of several Nobel laureates.

Whether it is the theory itself or the mathematical method he expounded in the report, it is quite inspiring for a scholar engaged in material science research or applied mathematics research.

Therefore, those who sat and listened in the auditorium also listened very seriously.

Whether you can understand it or not, you will definitely make notes on important places.

Be it a student or a professor.

Whether it's from the Chemical Academy, or from the Number Academy who came to join in the fun...

Lectures were held from ten o'clock in the morning until one o'clock in the afternoon.

The lecture that was originally scheduled to end at 12:30 was delayed for half an hour, but less than ten people left in the middle.

As the lecture ended, the entire auditorium was instantly filled with thunderous applause, almost toppling the entire roof.

Looking at the teachers and students under the stage, Lu Zhou smiled and nodded his thanks, and then walked down the stage.

After speaking for a whole morning, not only the listeners were starved of hunger, but also those who spoke on stage were so hungry that their chests stuck to their backs.

Following in the footsteps of the reception staff, Lu Zhou moved from the auditorium to the school cafeteria.

In the staff dining area on the top floor, the school has prepared a banquet for him.

"Professor Lu, I respect you for this cup for the students of Harbin Institute of Technology! Thank you for bringing this wonderful lecture to our students of Harbin Institute of Technology!"

"Academician Zou, you're welcome." Clinking glasses with Academician Zou, Lu Zhou smiled modestly and continued, "Would it be convenient for me to visit your laboratory this afternoon?"

"Oh, I almost forgot," Academician Zou slapped his head and said with a smile after finishing the wine in the glass, "It's easy to say, Professor Lu is so interested in my research, of course I am enthusiastic Welcome! When this lunch is over, I will take you there!"

Lu Zhou said with a smile: "Thank you, you are too polite."

After drinking and eating, the group left the cafeteria.

Walking on the tree-lined path leading to the laboratory, Academician Zou asked with a smile.

"What do you think of the environment at Harbin Institute of Technology?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, looking past the shade of trees beside the road and looking at the library not far away.

"It is a university with a strong engineering atmosphere."

"After all, we train talents in the field of national defense in the future, and the engineering major is also our school's strength." Having said this, Academician Zou paused for a moment, then continued to smile and said, "If there is a chance, I hope Lu Professors come to our school to give lectures."

Lu Zhou smiled and nodded.

"must."

Along the way, Academician Zou did not invite Lu Zhou to stay and teach. After all, he also knew that this was not realistic.

They didn't even care about the olive branches thrown by Yanda and Mizuki. Compared with Harbin Institute of Technology, which was almost "expelled from C9", it really didn't have the confidence to invite this great god. It is already very good to have a good relationship and invite him to give a few lectures.

At least as far as the level of the lecture just now is concerned, even Academician Zou has benefited a lot from listening to it.

Soon, a group of people came to a building more than six stories high.

After passing through the access control, Academician Zou brought Lu Zhou into the laboratory.

"Here is what I told you about the bionic prosthetics laboratory, including my HA/Ti biocomposite project team, all working in it. There is also the research team at Aurora University, and occasionally they I will also come here to communicate with our project personnel. Of course, they are mainly responsible for the neural interface, and we are responsible for solving material and mechanical problems... This is here."

Pushing open a door, Academician Zou led Lu Zhou into the laboratory.

Noticing the movement at the door, the two researchers standing next to the experimental equipment couldn't help turning their heads.

When they saw Academician Zou appearing at the door, the two were about to say hello, but soon they both noticed Lu Zhou standing next to Academician Zou. A look of surprise appeared on the face of the researcher wearing glasses, and then he took two steps forward excitedly and said.

"You...you are Lu Zhou?"

"Well...it's me." I was a little embarrassed by this guy's enthusiasm, but Lu Zhou still smiled friendly, "I won't disturb your work here."

"No, please sit down, I'll make a cup of coffee."

"No, no, no need, I'm just following Academician Zou to visit, and I won't stay for too long."

After finally calming down the excited researcher, Lu Zhou followed Academician Zou to the laboratory, and soon saw a pair of arms full of mechanical texture in a transparent container with a length and width of about one or two meters. on a round metal base.

Looking at the mechanical arm, Lu Zhou had a look of interest on his face.

"Can this thing move?"

Academician Zou said with a smile.

"Of course it can, although there are still some places that need to be adjusted, but basically it can still be used... Do you want to try it?"

"Please make me feel it."

The device used to control this robotic arm is a hollow metal ring about the length of a thermos cup. After breaking the ring from the side, Lu Zhou put it on his arm like wearing a fencing armguard.

Under the debugging of the researcher wearing glasses, Lu Zhou soon felt a slight tingling pain in his elbow joint, but he didn't feel it soon. At this moment, two tiny probes have pierced into the muscle, and began to collect the nerve signals from the arm to the forearm.

"Is it okay?"

"It's ready," he pressed a few buttons on the computer next to him, and a line that fluctuated up and down like an electrocardiogram appeared on the screen. The researcher who straightened up looked at Lu Zhou and said with a smile, "You Try throwing a punch."

As he said, Lu Zhou tried to punch forward.

Immediately afterwards, a miraculous scene happened.

The arm that was supposed to be swung forward didn't move, or it just shook slightly against the corner of the clothes. Instead, the mechanical arm mounted on a circular base about four or five meters away from him clumsily punched forward at an even speed.

Seeing this scene, the interest on Lu Zhou's face became more and more intense, and he glanced at his "unconscious" arm.

"...Is it blocking the transmission of nerve signals?"

While speaking, he tried to pinch the palm of his right hand with his left hand.

emmm...

The pain is still there.

This is very strange!

The researcher standing next to him made a helpless expression, "It's more like interference than blocking, after all, this thing is only used to collect experimental data, it's not a mature technology... In fact, as long as your The nerve cells are active enough, and you can still lift your hands, but at most you will feel a little tired, as if you just finished 50 kilograms of anaerobic exercise."

"I probably can't do fifty kilograms of anaerobic...but it's a very interesting invention." Lu Zhou tried to do a few more sets of movements, some of which could restore the mechanical arm, while others just twitched twice. Down.

It seems that, as the researcher said, this technology is still quite immature.

Even so, though, the technology's potential is pretty huge.

Unlike the exoskeleton that amplifies the movement of the human body, this kind of equipment can operate mechanical equipment far away from the human body by simply relying on the conversion of nerve electrical signals and digital signals under the condition that the human body does not need to move.

If this technology can develop and mature, it will not only be able to flex its muscles in the field of medical devices, but also play an unexpected role in many special fields!

Academician Zou shook his head and said: "It's not really an invention. The neural bypass system first appeared on "Nature" in April 2016. Our project can be regarded as a branch of research on this system. As far as I know , MIT is probably at the forefront, and has achieved certain results. Rather, we are the chasers.”

"It doesn't matter who is the chaser or the leader." Taking off the device, Lu Zhou touched the two tiny pinholes on his arm, "It would be great if it could be connected painlessly... It's pretty deep."

The researcher standing by made a helpless expression.

"There is no need for this at all. This is originally for amputees, and it is usually not taken off casually."

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I don't think the people who are applicable to this technology are necessarily limited to amputee. If you install this thing on the spine, wouldn't it be possible to remotely operate a whole robot?"

Academician Zou said with a smile: "Your idea is quite interesting, but it may not be an ordinary difficulty to realize it. Not to mention that the signal processing of spinal nerves is more than a hundred times more complicated than that of trunk nerves. This kind of nerve center that is related to the health and comfort of the whole body is also It’s not something you can do experiments on casually.”

Lu Zhou nodded thoughtfully.

"makes sense."

Returning the device to the researcher, Lu Zhou walked around the laboratory.

When he was about to finish shopping here, Lu Zhou, who had reached the gate of the institute, suddenly stopped and looked at Academician Zou next to him.

"By the way, Academician Zou, I want to ask you one more thing."

Academician Zou asked, "What's the matter?"

Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.

"Your project...is there still a shortage of people?"