Chapter 549: Leap-forward third-generation prosthetic technology

The person with the highest degree of cyborgization in Lille is Michael, the former engineer of Cyber ​​Technology Company, also known as the Death Warrior.

The prosthetic body used by this man is indeed lagging behind the second-generation prosthetic body that uses artificial muscles, but its gold content is not low at all. They are all matched with high-power motors and high-strength metals, and the manufacturing cost alone exceeds one million US dollars. , this does not include the ammunition carried.

However, lagging behind is lagging behind, and the shortcoming of the Death Warrior is that it is dull: this is a successful demonstration of brain-computer interface applications, but not a successful demonstration of prosthetic bodies.

The designer brutally removed Michael's skull, detached the head and eyes, and placed it on a humanoid robot. There was no design related to neural simulation and bionics, not even the demolition of brain-computer signals. Both are very primitive and inefficient binaries.

Rather than saying that a person is equipped with a prosthetic body, it is better to say that a wetware computer is placed on the prosthetic body, and the efficiency is almost undeveloped.

The impact of comprehensive prosthetics is subtle: Michael has now dismantled those heavy combat prostheses and replaced them with artificial muscles from the International Gene Cooperation Company. He is the company's most cutting-edge prosthetic data provider and a righteous person. A body developer, the full-body prosthetic body "Ronin" designed by Lear for the Whirlpool Gang and Tiger Claw Gang was integrated with his design.

As soon as he heard that Lille wanted to be fully prosthetic, he immediately spoke:

[Michael: Boss, I can give you a plan now. 】

[Michael: And, boss, I know you are a bit crazy, and I strongly recommend that you adopt the experimental technology of the third generation prosthetic body. 】

He knows best which parts can be fully prosthetized. In fact, he has been thinking about it for a long time.

Because he was passively used as an experimental subject, he has lost the qualification to go back to the past. The prosthetic body is very cool, but after living for such a long time, he sometimes misses the feeling of the breeze and the warm sun.

But this kind of sophisticated feedback requires even higher equipment, which is part of the third-generation prosthesis in the development plan—precise neuroreceptors.

Lear took a quick look and found that the full-body prosthetic plan that Michael gave him indeed reached the limit of safety:

First of all, the limbs must be completely replaced. This is the easiest part to replace. Carbon fiber and alloy are used to replace the bones, and artificial muscles are used to drive. There are no parts that cannot be replaced, and the strength and durability can be improved.

Next is the torso, which contains important large muscle groups such as abdominal muscles and chest muscles, and there are many important organs that can be replaced in the cavity, including the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, stomach, and intestinal system.

All were redesigned and replaced based on the functional tissues of their respective organs, leaving only some glands that can produce complex biological enzymes and immune cells. The level of prosthetics is close to 90%.

Except for the eyes and the nervous system close to the brain, everything above the neck has been replaced, and the degree of integration is close to 70%.

The overall degree of prosthesis is over 80%, which is a safe solution.

The radical solution is to completely dismantle the spinal cord nervous system, use new artificial nerve fiber cells to reshape the spinal cord peripheral nervous system, and at the same time reconstruct the peripheral nervous system, including the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.

If successful, it will actually be a great enhancement to Lille's condition: because all his nervous systems, including his brain, have been in abnormal working conditions for a long time, even if the lizard serum is used, tumors will produce tumors that will compress these nervous systems. Reduce the computing power of a wetware computer.

Without the little octopus and the magical Sianwistan that can carry dangerous critical bodies, without these two combining to mobilize computing power to make up for functional defects and compensate for computing power, his performance would have dropped significantly in battle. Including physical movement ability, thinking ability and calculation ability.

If it is completely reconstructed, it means that only the irreplaceable brain in the nervous system may develop brain cancer——

Although it's still serious, at least there won't be any problems elsewhere.

The problem now is that the reason why radical solutions are called radical is that people don’t know the consequences of doing so.

There are dozens of research options for reconstructing the nervous system, involving hundreds of materials, and the possible combinations are ever-changing.

Carbon nanotubes, graphene nanosheets, flexible electrodes, microelectrode arrays, biocompatible conductive polymers, biomimetic collagen fibers, gold nanoparticles

There are so many plans, so many materials, and animal experiments have not yet concluded the last period, and the data are pitiful.

[Connors: This is too risky. 】

[Michael: Yes, but this is the best option. It’s done in one step. The more prosthetics we have, the better the life-sustaining effect will be. Maybe we can make a new breakthrough within a week or two. 】

[Otto: Or there may be other side effects due to the radical plan]

[Adrian: This is indeed risky, but it is also a treatment option. 】

But these are not reliable solutions, because the life-extending effect is estimated to be only a few weeks in the end.

In the meeting, Peter and his assistant Gwen, as the two youngest researchers, saw that Lear had to face this choice, and it was very likely that no matter what choice he made, he would still have little effect. They were so uncomfortable that they didn't know what to say.

But the selection of artificial nerve fiber materials, high-precision and high-standard third-generation prosthetic technology, and a large amount of data——

These things are exactly what Lear is about to come into contact with. There must be such things in Dog Town. Although everyone, including Bryce and Ryan, seems to say that there must be technology that can save his life, but he Don't like to be hung by other things.

He wanted to walk into the next target location with a plan, and now he had a plan.

[Lille: Get ready for the surgery, but I want to design the surgery myself - Michael, you did a great job, but I want to decide for myself. 】

[Michael: I understand you, boss, all of us are listening. 】

[Lille: The surgery may last for a while, and I will provide prosthetic design plans according to the stages, as for the rest]

[Lille: Everything else is as usual. I have a piece of industrial data that will be uploaded to the Internet later. If you have time, you can take a look. There are also some documents on controllable nuclear fusion. 】

[Otto: Speaking of this, Lear, are you serious? 】

[Lille: I never tell lies. Yes, I believe we will have a breakthrough soon. 】

[Lille: Secondly, there have been some changes in the agreement between President-elect Barnes and me, and the recent business strategy needs to be adjusted. 】

Chrysler and General Motors were about to merge into a new vehicle division. They just didn't foresee the financial crisis, but the ability to run the company was sufficient, which allowed them and Hammond to work together.

The design data brought by Pepper can benefit many engineers. For example, some of the high-performance thruster designs may give Adrian some new ideas to completely improve the floating car engine.

Finally, there is this so-called business strategy——

Leal wants to decipher Stark Industries' corporate network. Considering that Jarvis may have become a dangerous critical mass, and Skye is still unable to fight against AI alone, he'd better watch the work here.

at last.

The last step is to settle my mother.

Lille restarted the artificial heart, regained some energy, got up from the medical bed and left the ward, ready to talk to his mother about the placement.

To be honest, telling the truth about his physical condition to his mother made Lille a little uneasy. After all, reporting good news but not bad news was a habit he had developed over a long time, and it was difficult to break it all at once.

But Maya is stronger than he thought——

Watching my son being disemboweled, watching him with various artificial implants, watching him lying weakly on the bed and being pronounced dead.

Maya just wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and did not cry loudly. She sat quietly on the sofa and waited for Lear to speak.

Just as she once said: she will not interfere with Lille's decision, and will control herself not to affect Lille.

Her love for her son was a continuation of her union with her husband, but she never allowed that affection to overshadow her respect for Lear as a person.

Parents' love sometimes needs to be restrained, and she understands this.

It just makes Lille feel a little guilty, not only because he wants his mother to fall into this kind of worry and entanglement, into this kind of fear that seems to be falling into the abyss again, but also because

Grandpa tried his best to get my mother out of Latvia, but he might have to send her back.