"What? Is the brain-computer interface ready for testing?"
When Zhu Jun received the call, he was suddenly pleasantly surprised.
He never expected that in less than half a year, the brain-computer interface project mentioned by Wang Dali would have reached the stage of clinical trials.
This research and development speed is amazing!
It was simply terrifying, worthy of the legendary Sanqing speed.
While marveling, he did not forget those paralyzed old friends and asked.
"Mr. Wang, am I the only one participating in this experiment? Are there any other volunteers?"
"Our project has just achieved certain results. The test on healthy people has been successful. It still needs to be verified again on paraplegic patients."
Wang Dali's voice came from the other end of the phone, explaining in detail.
"When your clinical trial is OK, experiments on other volunteers will be carried out one after another. Don't worry about this."
Zhu Jun immediately felt relieved: "Okay, Mr. Wang, I will come over tomorrow."
"Xiaojun, let me give you a vaccination in advance. The use of brain-computer interface is more complicated. It not only requires semi-invasive brain surgery, but also requires a certain amount of learning ability. You have to go through a period of training before you can learn to operate normally. use."
Wang Dali smiled and encouraged: "I am very optimistic about your resilience and hope you can learn it as soon as possible."
Zhu Jun agreed: "Mr. Wang, don't worry, I am a disabled person and I have learned to play e-sports games with my mouth. Isn't my learning ability strong?"
"As for the surgery, it doesn't matter anymore. I only have half a life left, so what does it matter if there are multiple things in my head."
"This..." Seeing how open-minded he was, Wang Dali swallowed his words of comfort again.
"Okay, see you at the hospital tomorrow."
"good."
Zhu Jun put down his cell phone, his heart filled with joy and he wished he could look up to the sky and roar a few times.
After ten years of sharpening my sword, I finally waited for this day.
Life is full of hope again.
Since his high paraplegia, his life has been like a pool of stagnant water, without any disturbance.
Although he continued to work hard and rediscovered the meaning of life, he was always desperate for the future.
The death notice is always like the sword of Damocles, hanging high above your head, ready to snap down at any time.
Fortunately, technology is advancing and the times are developing.
Just like the spring rain, it moistens things silently and constantly changes the world.
As an ordinary person, he does not understand the technical details and cannot see through the grand layout.
But when technology began to be reflected in reality, he was the first to feel the change.
As the saying goes, ducks are prophets when the water in a spring river is warm.
At this moment, he was the little yellow duck, jumping briskly into the water, stroking the clear waves with the soles of his feet, feeling the slightest warmth, and subconsciously knowing that spring was coming.
Slow but coming.
****
The next day, Zhu Jun went to Kunming People's Hospital for surgery.
Rest for a few days until recovery is almost complete.
Accompanied by his brother, he arrived at the Sanqing headquarters.
The wheelchair rolled briskly across the smooth concrete pavement. Zhu Jun visited the beautiful scenery of Sanqing Garden and exclaimed in admiration.
Finally, we arrived at the neuroscience lab.
It was the first time for both of them to come to the temple of science in their minds, and they were both a little nervous.
Only when he saw Wang Dali's familiar big face did he regain his composure.
"Haha, this is Zhu Jun, his brother Zhu Ming, this is Director Chen, Director Wen Ren, Zhang Li from our laboratory, Dr. Jian has surgery today and is not here..."
After Wang Dali enthusiastically introduced the members of the project team, seeing that Zhu Jun was still a little reserved, he asked with a smile.
"Xiaojun, I heard that you are also a game anchor? How are you playing the game?"
Zhu Jun suddenly became energetic: "I can play the game well and formed a team for disabled people."
The team often participates in e-sports competitions. "
"Hey, you guys are playing well, you can even participate in the competition." Wang Dali praised highly: "What game are you playing?"
"There are more League of Legends, and there are also other games, such as Laohuan, Crossfire, and Hearthstone. I basically play them all. Anyway, I have nothing to do."
Wang Dali's eyes lit up and he slapped his thigh: "Great, there are so many games, it seems that I have found the right person for you."
He winked at Wen Renlong and said, "Aaron, what do you think? I'd say he's the right person to look for. He's a game master who can fully demonstrate the advantages of the brain-computer interface."
"Do you understand all the games he mentioned? Which one do you think can be used for testing?"
Wen Renlong pondered for a moment and said, "I haven't played many of these games, but they should be fine for testing."
"Because the signals we send call mouse and keyboard related programs, as long as these two are used, any game can be played, so it depends on his own preferences."
Zhu Jun was confused when he heard this, and couldn't help but said: "What, what on earth is going on?"
Wang Dali looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "That's it. Our current brain-computer interface equipment can allow healthy people to freely use computers and mobile phones to send and receive emails, type, make phone calls, shop, and order takeout. .”
Zhu Jun was shocked and said in a trembling voice, "Is it possible to do this?"
"Yes." Wang Dali nodded: "This is true for normal people, but this technology is very difficult to control. To achieve efficient human-computer interaction, a lot of training is required."
Zhu Jun was so excited that if he had hands, he would have slapped his chest so loudly.
"Mr. Wang, don't worry, I can definitely do it. I have a strong learning ability and can endure hardships and stand hard work."
"Haha, this is not that hard." Chen Yiqing laughed at the side.
"Let me explain to you the relevant principles first, so that you can better understand how to think..."
He explained the relevant principles in great detail, and Zhu Jun seemed to understand.
But after some explanation, Zhu Jun also understood one thing.
That is the key to the success of the experiment lies in his imagination.
Each subject had to think about how to move his hands and fingers, and achieve the goal of controlling the mouse and keyboard through a series of specific operations of the hands.
Specifically, although he could not move his body, he had to imagine in his mind that he was typing on the keyboard with his left hand and controlling the mouse with his right hand, clicking and double-clicking continuously to complete a series of operations on the computer.
The richer the imagination and the fuller the details of the hands, the better the operation will be completed.
After understanding this, Zhu Jun suddenly looked troubled.
He hasn't used a computer in ten years.
Before the accident, he did have a computer, but he mainly used it for playing games. He was familiar with using the mouse, but he could only press shortcut keys on the keyboard.
As for typing, it all relies on two-finger meditation.
There is no standard typing posture or touch typing.
Now it was too difficult for him to think back to how fast his fingers moved on the keyboard ten years ago.
I really can’t remember it even after racking my brains.
"This...you asked me to imagine how to operate the mouse, and I still have some impression. I really can't remember the other operations."
Zhu Jun said in a low voice. As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he felt deeply annoyed. He felt that he had a pig's brain and was really useless.
The food has been brought to your mouth, but you can't eat it because your brain is weak. So what's the difference between this and waste?
Chen Yiqing seemed to be aware of his pessimism and comforted him with a smile: "We have already considered your situation, so the first human test was conducted on healthy people."
"Don't worry, we have collected enough brain nerve data and improved the algorithm. The algorithm can accurately identify brain activity patterns when using the mouse and keyboard."
"But this is the result of learning from someone else's brain,
It's probably completely different from your brain's signal pattern. "
"In the future, you need to participate in the deep learning of your brain and adjust your brain model to improve accuracy and fully master this ability."
"Do you have confidence in yourself?"
After hearing this, Zhu Jun's confidence suddenly increased and he said extremely firmly: "Director Chen, don't worry, I will go all out."
"Very good." Chen Yiqing smiled happily.
After a while, Wang Dali pushed the wheelchair and sent Zhu Jun into the game room.
In the game room, it's still the same, a computer, a keyboard, and a mouse.
However, unlike Zhang Li, Zhu Jun could not stretch out his hands to use them.
Wang Dali adjusted everything, turned around and left.
Zhu Jun looked at the familiar computer desktop and his eyes fell on the mouse arrow.
When he thought about having to control this arrow with his consciousness to complete a series of operations such as opening folders, browsing the web, chatting and shopping, he felt a little incredible, as if he was falling into a dream.
"Can it really be done?" He couldn't help but doubt.
While he was staring blankly at the mouse arrow, Wang Dali had already opened the brain-computer interface.
"Xiaojun, the first step is to focus on it, imagine that you are using the mouse, and then slowly open the icons on the desktop one by one."
Wang Dali's calm voice came from the earphones, guiding him on what to do.
Zhu Jun suddenly became determined.
He quickly cleared all the messy thoughts from his mind and looked at the screen with full concentration.
Then follow the previous explanation and start meditating in your mind.
****
"How's it going? Do you think you're confident?" Wang Dali finished the call, turned off the microphone, and turned to look at Chen Yiqing.
"Can this guy do it?" Wen Renlong also cast a doubtful look.
Chen Yiqing's face was as calm as water, without a trace of ripples: "I don't know, let's take a look and talk."
Zhang Li sat next to him, watching the picture on the monitor intently without saying a word.
Wen Renlong couldn't help complaining: "Hey, I should have found someone who knew how to use computers. If he couldn't learn, Lily's sacrifice would have been in vain."
Zhang Li raised her head and rolled her eyes at him: "How could it be wasted? If this one doesn't work, there will always be another one that will succeed."
"It's not difficult to move the mouse. I believe he can do it." Wang Dali said, his tone extremely firm.
Everyone stopped talking and observed quietly.
As time passed, the computer screen on the monitor gradually changed.
"The mouse moved."
Wang Dali said with excitement.
Sure enough, the mouse had received Zhu Jun's consciousness and was moving slowly on the desktop.
It moved very slowly at first, like a drunkard who had drunk fake wine, staggering around, taking two steps and taking three steps back.
Then not long after, it turned into a headless fly, scurrying in all directions on the table.
Chen Yiqing showed a smile: "A very smart young man. It seems that he has figured out the rules and is testing it."
"His brain is adapting to new learning tasks and learning to interact with the brain-computer interface."
Gradually, the mouse stopped twitching and its movement trajectory became more and more normal.
"Interestingly, it only took him more than half an hour to use the visual information on the screen to learn how to control his thoughts and make the mouse form an ideal trajectory."
Chen Yiqing muttered: "Dali, you have a good sense. Maybe he plays a lot of games and his brain is very familiar with the operation of the mouse. He has formed muscle memory in the past, so it is easier than we think to drive the mouse with his mind."
Wang Dali smiled triumphantly and said, "The person I like will definitely not be wrong."
Next, in full view of everyone, Zhu Jun perfectly manipulated the mouse to perform a series of basic operations such as clicking icons, opening and closing folders, and browsing the web.
Wang Dali turned on the microphone again and encouraged: "Xiaojun, you are so awesome. In such a short period of time, you have completed the control of the mouse."
Zhu Jun's excited voice came over: "Mr. Wang, I, I am so happy. After ten years, I can finally use a mouse."
"You did a great job, how do you feel now? Are you tired? Do you need a rest?"
"No, I'm not tired at all. My mind is very clear now. Do I want to continue?"
"The next step is another highlight. You have to learn how to use the keyboard." Wang Dali guided in a step-by-step manner.
"Do you see WeChat on the taskbar? Open it, click on the first dialog box on the top, and send us a message. You can say anything, even if it's just hello."
"Okay, I understand." Zhu Jun agreed immediately. After becoming proficient in using the mouse, he had regained some of his confidence.
Wang Dali turned off the microphone and looked at the monitor again.
The mouse moved smoothly to the icon on the taskbar and WeChat was opened.
Everything is smooth, no different than operating a mouse with your hands.
But the cursor flashed in the dialog box for a long time, but no text was typed.
Wang Dali took a deep breath. He knew that behind the blank dialog box, Zhu Jun was already trying his best.
After about ten minutes, a line of text appeared in the dialog box.
Every word is messy, has no meaning, and is obviously typed randomly.
Miscellaneous words kept appearing and then being deleted one by one.
After a few minutes of this, finally, two meaningful words appeared.
"Thanks"
The moment it appeared, it was sent over eagerly.
Looking at these two words, everyone in front of the screen showed a smile.
Wang Dali turned on the microphone and asked again: "Congratulations, we received your text message. The experiment was very successful."
"how do you feel?"
Zhu Jun blurted out: "It's strange. I imagined in my mind that I could put my hands on the keyboard in front of me and hit different keys. It was amazing that I could do it just by thinking about it. It's almost like magic."
Wang Dali laughed: "This is not magic. No matter how magical it sounds, it is pure technological power."
"In fact, it is a new technology. We found someone who is proficient in using computers, collected her neural signals, and made an optimized version of the movement program, which can be pre-loaded in the algorithm module."
"In this way, your brain only needs to give a rough instruction, without giving precise movement steps, to complete the set goal."
"It's just like driving a car. You are already familiar with the way home and the driving movements. Even if you are talking on the phone absentmindedly, you can subconsciously drive home along the established route."
"Wow. So powerful?" Zhu Jun exclaimed, "It sounds as awesome as the skill pack in the game."
"Skill pack?" Wang Dali asked doubtfully.
"Yes, this is a setting in the game. Characters can continuously upgrade their skills by loading skill packs, without the need for hard training."
Wang Dali felt that this statement was very novel and very appropriate, so he nodded in agreement.
"It doesn't sound exactly the same, but there are some similarities."
"Haha, that's right. You only have the skills package to surf the Internet, so you can learn to use your mind to surf the Internet so quickly."
When Zhu Jun heard this, his heart couldn't help but feel hot, and he couldn't help but admire.
"This is too science fiction, it's like science fiction brought to reality."
"Mr. Wang, when can I play games with my mind?"
