The second generation of humanoid release robots, which are upgraded humanoid bionic robots, are designed to have a sense of taste and can taste things.
It's just that the food that has been eaten cannot be swallowed, because the second-generation humanoid bionic robot has no intestines and stomach.
Zuo Dajun rinsed his mouth with the unknown liquid given by the robot, and said with some pity: "I ruined such delicious corn."
"It's good to know." Fan Xiaoming said,
"Actually, it doesn't matter. Anyway, you tasted it. As for the things you vomited, you can still use them. To be honest, it only consumes a small amount of energy."
"My heart aches for all this energy!" Zuo Dajun said with a look of reluctance.
"That's almost enough. Let's see what you can do." Fan Xiaoming was speechless.
"Pack it up, let's finish looking here and then look at other planting areas. Next there are space ranches, space fisheries, and the No. 1 ecological circle. You are so ink, and you won't be able to finish the tour tonight." Zuo Dajun packed up and looked towards Bao Qizheng said: "This third generation of humanoid bionic robots will be on par with real people. All the internal organs, intestines and stomach are arranged, and they will replicate real people in all aspects from appearance to function." Bao Qizheng said with a smile. Liao smiled and said: "Well... we do have research in this area, which is what you call full replication from appearance to function, but this is just research. The third generation of humanoid bionic robots will not develop in this direction. The taste of the second-generation humanoid bionic robot may be eliminated in the third generation. The details will depend on the feedback from the use of the second-generation humanoid bionic robot." Research and iteration of humanoid bionic robots have been ongoing, and their appearance can be Basically determined, but its functions will change dynamically.
Fan Xiaoming looked at Zuo Dajun and said helplessly: "Dajun, I don't know what's going on in your head. If you really want to completely copy a real person, it would be boring. It's too useless to obtain energy by eating. If you If you just simply want to eat something, or taste it, then go to the virtual universe, you can eat whatever you want, and taste whatever you want."
"Indeed!" Zuo Dajun smiled,
"There is no need for humanoid bionic robots to do all that mess, as long as it is easy to use." A few people chatted and left the corn planting area under the leadership of the commentator.
The next few people looked at the planting areas of other crops. After that, several people left the space farm and flew towards the space ranch a hundred kilometers away.
A hundred kilometers away, it took less than a minute to accelerate to decelerate and reach the space ranch.
The five people were the same as they were at the space farm. First they stood outside and looked at the rotating ring device in front of them, and then at the situation inside the space farm.
Looking around, the interior of the space ranch is full of green, with scattered cattle and sheep on the green grass.
These cows and sheep were grazing with their heads down, completely unaware that there were five people watching them outside the space ranch.
"This grass grows well." Zuo Dajun thought for a while and said,
"Hey, this is different from what I thought. Shouldn't it be the kind of animals that are fed together... This is completely free-range." This was beyond his expectation.
I thought it was the centralized farming model on Earth, but it turned out to be free-range farming. Xu Zhengping smiled and said: "The space ranch replicates the ecological environment of the grassland and adopts a completely free-range breeding model. Relatively speaking, the free-range breeding model is more humane than the centralized breeding model." Zuo Dajun nodded,
"It's true, free-range cattle and sheep taste much better... On the contrary, the ecology of space ranch will be more complicated."
"Of course." Fan Xiaoming explained,
"Compared with the ecosystem of the space farm, the ecosystem of the space ranch is much more complicated. It basically replicates the ecosystem of the grassland on the earth. In the space farm, people need to wear equipment for activities. In the space ranch, There is no need at all, people can move around freely without any equipment." Compared with plants, the ecology of animals is much more complicated.
After all, the needs of the two are different, and their ecology must be very different. Space pastures must consider the growth of pasture, and livestock such as cattle and sheep are inherently complex.
Zuo Dajun smiled and said: "I think this model is not as high-yielding and easy to manage as the centralized breeding model. The space farm grows forage and other livestock, and then supplies centralized breeding livestock. This is better than the current model." Xu Zhengping nodded. Said: "It is undeniable that the output of this model is much larger, and related research is also being carried out. It is relatively not as complicated as the current model. Of course, the space ranch is of a research nature, and it is developing livestock In the process, we study the grassland ecosystem, which can also be said to be a simplified version of Ecosystem No. 1.”
"That makes sense." Zuo Dajun smiled,
"There is no comparison between concentrated breeding and free-range breeding in terms of quality. No matter how good the food is, the mood of these livestock will not be that good if they move in a small area. However, concentrated breeding needs to be studied. After all, other The yield is huge!" The quality of free-range breeding is not bad, but the yield is not high.
It cannot be said that production cannot increase. After all, it is not difficult to build more space ranches now. But what is certain is that the use of space cannot be compared with centralized breeding.
Fan Xiaoming smiled and said: "The principal also said that centralized breeding is also being studied, and space facilities are under construction, called space farms, where almost all the livestock we eat daily, including horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, and ducks, are raised , geese, pigs, etc.”
"What...it's under construction." Zuo Dajun looked surprised. Fan Xiaoming didn't talk nonsense. With a wave of his hand, a scene appeared in front of several people.
The picture shows a huge ring-shaped device. There are a large number of humanoid bionic robots, engineering mechas, and engineering machinery surrounding the ring device.
Fan Xiaoming explained: "This kind of space breeding farm is almost a combination of what you call a centralized breeding model and a space farm. The crops, grass, etc. grown are processed and supplied to these centralized breeding livestock, and the grown livestock will be directly harvested." By processing the meat for consumption, just one space breeding farm can supply meat for a population of 3,000 people... It is estimated that it will be put into use in another two to three months. Of course, it will still be experimental at the beginning. "
"This... it's true. It would be great if I could see it built now. If nothing else, I just want to see how pigs are raised." Zuo Dajun looked forward to it.
"This is not easy." Fan Xiaoming looked at the time and said,
"Now we still have some time, we will accompany you to the virtual universe to see what the built space farms look like, or the ones that have been put into use." After Fan Xiaoming finished speaking, he floated outside the space ranch. Five humanoid bionic robots entered standby mode at the same time.
At this time, Su Zhe and the others had appeared in a space in the virtual universe. Also appearing with the five people was the commentator.
When the five people appeared, there was still a starry sky in front of them. As Fan Xiaoming waved his hand, a huge ring-shaped device was being rapidly completed.
From the skeleton of the ring device, a complete ring device appeared in front of the five people in a short time.
During this process, the commentator was explaining from the side.
"This is the space breeding farm being built. The scale of this ring-shaped device is much larger than Ecosystem No. 1." Zuo Dajun looked surprised.
At this moment, a beam of light came from a distance and hit the center of the ring device.
Then a large number of flying saucers appeared. These flying saucers came and left. Fan Xiaoming said with a smile: "The beams provide energy for the space farms. These flying saucers transport materials. Basic materials come in and various meats, eggs, milk, etc. go out. Let's go to the shipping dock first." As soon as Fan Xiaoming finished speaking, the five people disappeared and reappeared at the shipping dock.
The five people watched the entire container being transported into a flying saucer. Fan Xiaoming pointed to a flying saucer and said: "This flying saucer is filled with cut beef." As he said this, the container in front of the five people turned transparent, and the beef in the container was clearly visible.
Under the leadership of Fan Xiaoming, the five people looked at other containers, including those containing mutton, chicken, etc.
Zuo Dajun smiled and said, "This simulation really looks like that."
"Although this is a simulation, it will soon become a reality." Fan Xiaoming said with a smile,
"We want to develop the solar system, we want to explore the outer space of the solar system, and a large-scale increase in population is inevitable. With more people, we will naturally need more meat and other foods. Although synthetic food will become the mainstream in the future, in the long run Everyone will still like these meats for a period of time." Zuo Dajun nodded and said: "I guess so... but I don't think we should eat any food in reality in the future. We can just lie down in the nutrition cabin. Other needs can be dealt with directly. Solve it in the virtual universe." The current synthetic food is still in its infancy. For example, synthetic rice, except that it cannot germinate, has already been replicated at the molecular level.
I believe that before long, more and more foods will be synthesized and copied. Compared with food obtained through traditional methods, synthetic methods are faster and more factory-based.
Food is to solve the energy and material needs of the human body, and then there is people’s pursuit of the taste of food.
With the development of science and technology, nutrition cabins can solve human needs for energy and materials, thereby maintaining normal vital signs of the human body.
As for human needs for taste, it can be obtained completely through the virtual universe. Fan Xiaoming smiled and said: "What you said is also possible. Didn't I submit the development of the virtual universe to the relevant departments? Corresponding feedback has also been received. Many people think that the ideal model is just like what you said. People Lying in the nutrition cabin, my consciousness is in the virtual universe for a long time." Xu Zhengping said: "It will probably take a long time, but now I feel that I still like my current lifestyle, and it is difficult for me to accept synthetic food."
"Yes! Yes!" Zuo Dajun smiled and nodded.
"Let's go! Let's go see the loading dock." After Fan Xiaoming finished speaking, the five people and the commentator disappeared again. When it appeared again, it was at the shipping dock.
The cargo dock is close to the center of the space breeding farm, and there are also many flying saucers here.
Many containers were transported from the flying saucer. Fan Xiaoming waved his hand, and these containers turned transparent.
The contents of the container become clearly visible. There are the messy domestic garbage of human beings, various minerals mined, and so on.
Zuo Dajun was a little surprised. He pointed at these and said, "These are the raw materials for space farms. This is too weird." Fan Xiaoming smiled and said, "Is there anything wrong with this... These are all material resources. Don't look at them. These things are all messy. In a few years, these will all be treasures. After all, as long as they are matter, especially stable and non-radiative substances, these are treasures." Bao Qizheng nodded and said, "I I do know a little bit. The things we see now will enter the ionization furnace, and then cooperate with the element separator, and then use physical and chemical means to obtain the basic inorganic and organic substances needed for space farms... The ionization furnace is right there. Next to the cargo dock." The ionization furnace and the element separator are used together.
To put it simply, an ionization furnace is to ionize substances, that is, to continuously heat substances to reach an ionic state.
The ionic substances are then classified through an element separator to obtain various elements.
In this way, the messy substances that are mixed together can be separated. Fan Xiaoming smiled and said, "Come on, let's go in and take a look." The five of them did not go to the main entrance. Fan Xiaoming waved his hand towards a wall of the cargo dock, and the wall became transparent.
Fan Xiaoming walked in with a few people. What appeared in front of a few people was a huge space with many containers, which were continuously pushed into a huge furnace.
The entrance to the furnace glowed with incandescent light. Zuo Dajun was a little surprised.
"This is the ionization furnace. If there is no light beam project to provide energy, there will not be so much energy for us to squander it like this. Directly ionize these substances, and then separate these mixed ions through strong electric and magnetic fields. This method It's good, but it consumes too much energy. Of course, we don't care about such a small amount of energy now." For the classification and purification of substances, such technology has been possible before, but the terrible energy consumption was not affordable in the past. of.
Like now, with the light pillar project, we can continuously collect solar energy. As long as the sun does not go out, there will be a steady stream of energy, so we don't care about this little energy.
Although this method consumes too much energy, its efficiency is frighteningly high. Fan Xiaoming nodded and said: "This is the ionization furnace... Do you want to go into the ionization furnace and have a look? The situation inside is just like the inside of the sun."
"When entering the ionization furnace, our bodies will not be... By the way, this is the free space of the virtual universe, and we can change the rules." Zuo Dajun said with a smile.
