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"What? Can the brain-computer interface participate in the test?"

When Zhu Jun received the call, he was pleasantly surprised.

He never expected that in less than half a year, the brain-computer interface project Wang Dali mentioned had reached the stage of clinical trials.

This research and development speed is awesome!

It is so terrifying, it is worthy of the legendary Sanqing speed.

While marveling, he didn't forget those old friends who were paralyzed, 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, and we still need to verify it again on paraplegic patients."

Wang Dali's voice came from the other end of the phone, explaining in detail.

"When your clinical trial is all right, experiments with other volunteers will be carried out one after another. Don't worry about that."

Zhu Jun immediately felt relieved: "Okay, Mr. Wang, then I will come over tomorrow."

"Xiaojun, let me give you a vaccination in advance. The use of brain-computer interfaces is more complicated. Not only does it require semi-invasive brain surgery, but it also requires a certain learning ability. You have to go through a period of training before you can learn to work normally. use."

Wang Dali smiled and encouraged: "I am very optimistic about your resilience, and I hope you can learn it as soon as possible."

Zhu Jun immediately agreed: "Mr. Wang, don't worry, I am a disabled person, and I have already learned to play e-sports games with my mouth. Isn't my learning ability not strong?"

"As for the surgery, it doesn't matter anymore. I'm half alive. What does it matter if there are multiple things in my mind?"

"This..." Seeing that he was so open-minded, Wang Dali swallowed his words of comfort again.

"Okay then, see you at the hospital tomorrow."

"good."

Zhu Jun put down his phone, his heart was full of joy, he wished he could raise his head to the sky and howl a few times.

After ten years of sharpening the 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 waves.

Although he has worked hard to find the meaning of life again, he is always desperate for the future.

The death notice is always like the sword of Damocles, hanging high above the head, ready to be struck down at any time.

Fortunately, technology is advancing and times are developing.

Just like the rain in spring, it moisturizes things silently, constantly changing the world.

As an ordinary person, he doesn't understand those technical details, nor can he see through the grand layout.

But when technology began to reflect reality, he was the first to feel the change.

As the saying goes, the spring river plumbing duck prophet.

At this very moment, he is that little yellow duck, jumping briskly into the water, with the soles of his feet twitching Shiba, feeling the slightest warmth, subconsciously knowing that spring is coming.

Slow but arrived.

*****

The next day, Zhu Jun went to Kunming People's Hospital to complete the operation.

Take a few days off and wait until you recover.

Accompanied by my brother, I came to Sanqing headquarters.

The wheelchair rolled over the smooth concrete road briskly, and Zhu Jun was amazed as he visited the beautiful scenery of Sanqing Garden all the way.

Finally, came the neuroscience lab.

It was the first time for both of them to come to the temple of science in their minds, and they both felt a little nervous.

It was only after seeing Wang Dali's familiar big face that he regained his composure.

"Haha, this is Zhu Jun, his elder brother Zhu Ming, and this is Director Chen, Director Wenren, Zhang Li, and 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 cautious, he asked with a smile.

"Xiaojun, I heard that you are still a game anchor? How are you playing the game?"

Zhu Jun immediately lifted his spirits: "I can play the game well. I have formed a disabled team and often participate in e-sports competitions."

"Hey, you guys played well, you can even participate in the competition." Wang Dali greatly praised: "What game are you playing?"

"There are a lot of League of Legends, and there are also other games, such as Old Man Ring, Cross Fire, Hearthstone, I basically play them all, and I am idle anyway."

Wang Dali's eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh suddenly: "Great, with so many games, it seems that you are the right person to find."

He winked at Wen Renlong and said, "Aaron, how are you? I'm sure you're looking for him, the 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, then said, "I haven't played these games much, but they should be fine for testing."

"Because the signal we send calls the 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 at a loss when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask, "Well, what's going on here?"

Wang Dali's face was serious, and he said in a deep voice: "It's like this. Our current brain-computer interface equipment can allow healthy people to freely use computers and mobile phones, send and receive emails, type, make phone calls, shop, and order takeout. .”

Zhu Jun's heart was shocked, and he said in a trembling voice: "Is it already possible to do this?"

"That's right." Wang Dali nodded: "It's true for normal people, but this technology is very difficult to control. To achieve efficient human-computer interaction, a lot of training is needed."

Zhu Jun was very excited immediately, if he had a hand, he would want to slap his chest hard.

"Mr. Wang, don't worry, I'm sure I can do it. I have a strong learning ability and can endure hardships and stand hard work."

"Haha, it's not that hard." Chen Yiqing laughed from the side.

"Let me explain the relevant principles to you 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 has to think about how to move his hands and ten fingers, and achieve the goal of controlling the mouse and keyboard through a series of specific operations of the hands.

Specifically, although he can't move his body, he has to imagine in his brain, tapping the keyboard with his left hand, 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 point, Zhu Jun suddenly showed embarrassment.

He has not used a computer for ten years.

Before the accident, he did have a computer, but it was mainly used for playing games. He was familiar with the mouse, but the keyboard would only press shortcut keys frantically.

As for typing, it all depends on the Zen of two fingers.

There is no standard typing posture or touch typing.

Now let him recall how his fingers moved quickly on the keyboard ten years ago, which is too embarrassing.

I really racked my brains and couldn't remember it.

"This... You want me to imagine how to operate the mouse, I still have a little impression. I really can't remember other operations."

Zhu Jun said in a low voice, as soon as the words came out, he felt deeply annoyed, and felt that he had grown a pig's brain and was really useless.

This meal was delivered to my mouth, but I couldn't eat it because I was out of my mind, so what's the difference between this and trash?

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 carried out on healthy people."

"Don't worry, we have collected enough brain data and perfected the algorithm, which can accurately identify the brain activity patterns of using the mouse and keyboard."

"But this is the result of someone else's brain learning, and it's likely to be completely different from your brain's signal pattern."

"In the follow-up, you need to participate in the deep learning of the brain and adjust your brain mode to improve the 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 definitely do my best."

"Very good." Chen Yiqing smiled gratifiedly.

After a while, Wang Dali pushed the wheelchair and sent Zhu Jun into the game room.

In the game room, it is still the same, with a computer, a keyboard, and a mouse.

However, unlike Zhang Li, Zhu Jun couldn't stretch out his hands to use them.

Wang Dali adjusted everything, turned and left.

Zhu Jun looked at the familiar computer desktop, and his eyes fell on the arrow of the mouse.

When he thought of controlling the arrow with his consciousness to complete a series of operations such as opening folders, browsing the web, chatting and shopping, he felt a little unbelievable, as if falling into a dream.

"Can it really be done?" He couldn't help feeling a little suspicious.

While he was staring blankly at the mouse arrow, Wang Dali had already turned on the brain-computer interface.

"Xiao Jun, the first step is to concentrate first, imagine yourself using the mouse, and then slowly open the icons on the desktop one by one."

Wang Dali's steady voice came from the earphones, guiding him what to do.

Zhu Jun suddenly felt relieved.

He quickly cleared all the messy thoughts from his mind and focused on the screen.

Then follow the previous explanation and start meditating in your mind.

*****

"How is it? Do you think you are sure?" Wang Dali finished a long conversation, turned off the microphone, and turned to look at Chen Yiqing.

"Can this guy do it?" Wen Renlong also cast doubtful eyes.

Chen Yiqing's face was as calm as water, without any waves: "I don't know, let's see and talk."

Zhang Li sat beside her, watching the screen on the monitor intently, without saying a word.

Wen Renlong couldn't help complaining: "Hey, I knew I should find someone who knows how to use computers. If he can't learn it, wouldn't Lily's contribution be in vain?"

Zhang Li raised her head and gave him a blank look: "How can it be wasted? This one won't work, and there will be another one. There will always be one that will succeed."

"It's not difficult to move the mouse, I believe he can do it." Wang Dali said with an extremely firm tone.

Everyone stopped talking, but quietly observed.

As time went by, the computer screen on the monitor gradually changed.

"The mouse moved."

Wang Dali said excitedly.

Sure enough, the mouse has received Zhu Jun's consciousness and is moving slowly on the desktop.

It moved very slowly at first, like a drunk who drank fake wine, stumbling around, taking two steps and taking three steps back.

Then, not long after, it turned into a headless chicken again, flying wildly in all directions on the table.

Chen Yiqing showed a smile: "Very smart young man, it seems that he has figured out the rules and is testing."

"His brain is adapting to the new learning task, learning to interact with the brain-computer interface."

Gradually, the mouse stopped twitching and the trajectory became more and more normal.

"It's interesting. In just over half an hour, he has already learned how to control his thinking by using the visual information on the screen, so that the mouse can form an ideal trajectory."

Chen Yiqing pondered and said: "Da Dali, you have a good eye. It may be that he plays a lot of games, and his brain is very familiar with the operation of the mouse. He has formed muscle memory before, so it is easier than we imagined to drive the mouse with his mind."

Wang Dali smiled triumphantly and said, "The person I like is naturally not wrong."

Next, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhu Jun manipulated the mouse perfectly, and realized 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 him: "Xiaojun, you are too good. 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'm so happy. After ten years, I can finally use a mouse."

"You did a great job, how are you feeling now? Are you tired? Need a break?"

"No, I'm not tired at all. I'm very clear-headed now. Should I continue?"

"Next, it's another important event. You have to learn how to use the keyboard." Wang Dali instructed persuasively and persuasively.

"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 is hello."

"Okay, I understand." Zhu Jun agreed without hesitation. After being able to use the mouse proficiently, he has regained some confidence.

Wang Dali turned off the microphone and looked at the monitor again.

The mouse moved smoothly to the icon on the taskbar and opened WeChat.

Everything is smooth, indistinguishable from operating a mouse with your hands.

But the cursor flickered in the dialog box for a long time, but no text was typed out.

Wang Dali took a deep breath, he knew that behind the blank dialogue box, Zhu Jun was already trying his best.

After about ten minutes, a line of text appeared in the dialog box.

Every word is very messy, without any meaning, obviously typed out.

Messy words kept appearing and then deleted one by one.

After a few minutes like this, finally, two meaningful words appeared.

"Thanks"

The second it appeared, it was forced to send it over impatiently.

Looking at these two words, everyone in front of the screen smiled.

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 very strange. I imagined in my mind that I put my hand on the keyboard in front of me, and then hit different keys. It's amazing that I can do it just by thinking about it. It's almost like magic."

Wang Dali laughed: "This is not magic, no matter how miraculous 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 motor program, which can be pre-loaded in the algorithm module."

"In this way, your brain can complete the set goal as long as it gives a rough instruction without giving precise movement steps."

"It's like driving. You are familiar with the way home and driving movements. Even if you are absent-mindedly on the phone, you can subconsciously drive home along the established route."

"Wow. So powerful?" Zhu Jun exclaimed, "It sounds like a skill pack in a game."

"Skill pack?" Wang Dali asked suspiciously.

"Yes, this is a setting in the game. Characters can continuously upgrade their skills by loading skill packs, no need to practice hard."

Wang Dali felt that this statement was very novel and very appropriate at the same time, so he nodded in agreement.

"It doesn't sound exactly the same, but there are certain similarities."

"Haha, it's true to say that, you just loaded up the skill pack for surfing the Internet, so you can learn to surf the Internet with your mind so quickly."

Hearing these words, Zhu Jun couldn't help feeling hot in his heart, and couldn't help admiring.

"It's too sci-fi, it's like science fiction coming into reality."

"Mr. Wang, when can I play games with consciousness?"