Most people wouldn't be willing to spend 100,000 yuan to buy a computer to play games.
However, if he were to buy a "world" for 100,000 yuan, there might really be a bunch of people who would rush to buy it.
Of course, dreams were beautiful. In fact, there were a lot of problems with the way Lu Zhou calculated the cost. This was because many of the resources he used were actually free.
For example, the chip used in the design of the neural modem was provided by Professor Wu Tianqun.
The entire carbon-based chip project was funded by Lu Zhou himself, so no one charged him for the chip. Also, some of the carbon materials used in the production of the equipment were ordered from Zhongshan New Materials.
However, although it was an order, it was no different than giving it to Lu Zhou. It wasn't that Lu Zhou wanted to take advantage of CEO Liu, it was just that when he wanted to pay, CEO Liu refused.
"These technologies are all developed by you. How can I take your money? Not to mention that you're a shareholder of Zhongshan New Materials, so don't be so polite. "
Lu Zhou was a person who didn't like trouble. Since it was more troublesome to pay, he gave up.
In addition to these visible costs, there were also invisible costs.
For example, the supercomputer was actually the computing power provided by Lu Zhou's quantum computer. If this part of the computing power was converted into the service fees of general supercomputing centers, it would also be a hidden cost that could be saved.
Strictly speaking, perhaps the 100,000 yuan he estimated would have to be at least two or three times more than the actual cost.
In short, after discussing with his CEO, Lu Zhou finally accepted Chen Yushan's suggestion and decided not to disclose this technology for the time being.
After all, this technology was very sensitive to the human brain.
Releasing a product to the market without rigorous safety testing would not only be treating consumers like lab rats, but it would also be a violation of ethics.
Once the technology was fully matured, the resistance to promotion would undoubtedly be much smaller than directly releasing the technology when it was still immature.
Not to mention that Star Sky Technology was different from Silicon Valley companies like Neuralink and Eyemynd. Not only did they have funding, but they also had support from the state. This meant that they didn't have to rely on hype to attract capital.
Just like Ye Nan, who took the initiative to look for Lu Zhou, it was always others who stared at his laboratory and drooled over it. There had never been a situation where his research could not continue due to lack of money.
Chen Yushan: "I'll find a way to help you with the test subjects. How many do you need?"
Lu Zhou: "More than ten, no limit. Of course, the more the better. But if you can't find it, you don't have to force yourself. I'll talk to Jin University … There should be a way. "
Getting students to volunteer was also a good idea. He believed that as long as they heard that this was his research project, and that it was testing virtual reality technology, a bunch of people would definitely rush to participate.
As for safety, there was no need to worry at all.
Even though using the brain as a graphics card or GPU to process image data might sound a bit scary, in fact, as long as a person's eyes were open, the brain itself was doing the same thing.
In contrast, the interference caused by the neural signal demodulator's active output of neural microcurrents was relatively small on the brain.
At the very least, it was much healthier than staring at a phone screen for hours on end.
If there were safety risks, Lu Zhou wouldn't let Chen Yushan lie on the computer and experience it.
However, as soon as he voiced out his idea, Chen Yushan rejected it without hesitation.
"Don't! Don't do this, if this kind of thing gets exposed, what kind of headlines do you think the media will use? "
Lu Zhou frowned. He remembered the unofficial media that he had dealt with before, and his expression suddenly changed.
"… Now that you mention it, it does make sense."
"Compared to the truth, most people are more willing to believe what they are willing to believe."
Chen Yushan looked at Lu Zhou with a headache. She sighed and continued, "You don't have to worry about the experimenter, just leave it to me."
Lu Zhou nodded helplessly.
"Okay then."
It was good to have someone to worry about these unimportant things for him.
If he could focus on research, he wouldn't waste his energy on things other than research.
After Chen Yushan left, Lu Zhou turned around and went back to the underground laboratory. He was about to continue thinking about how to improve the system when his phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.
He took it out and saw that it was a message from Xiao Ai.
Xiao Ai: [Master, someone posted a reward on the dark web to investigate you! ∑ (Д)]
"Investigate me?" Lu Zhou paused for a second and said, "Who?"
His first thought was that it was Dr. Z. His thesis on arXiv had probably attracted some people's attention.
However, he didn't pay much attention to this matter during the past two weeks.
Originally, he was hoping to find a few experienced and like-minded people to help him perfect this system, but he had forgotten about it when he got busy.
He didn't expect that in just two weeks, his identity would be posted on the dark web again.
Xiao Ai: [I don't know! But I can help you investigate … Can Xiao Ai be allowed to attack?]
Lu Zhou: "Yes … But don't go overboard."
Xiao Ai: [Got it! (///w////)]
According to the instructions set by Lu Zhou, only for defensive purposes could he take the initiative to attack the source of the attack, including but not limited to hacking into electronic devices.
If it was just a clue that could harm the safety of others, he had to obtain approval before taking action.
There was a bounty on the Dark Web for his sockpuppet. This wasn't a big deal, but it was better to check it out just to be safe.
But looking at this guy's emoji …
Lu Zhou couldn't help but wonder if this guy was protecting him or just messing around.
…
It didn't take a long time to collect evidence.
After digging out the real IP address of the account that posted the bounty, Xiao Ai quickly locked onto the target. He successfully obtained administrator rights on his personal computer and immediately took over his camera.
The truth was soon revealed.
Lu Zhou looked at the man with a big belly and a shiny forehead. He suddenly felt a little funny.
He originally thought that the FBI or CIA was targeting him, but he didn't expect it to be a biological neural network professor.
[Master, do you want me to teach him a lesson? Like wipe out his hard drive. (* `*)]
Lu Zhou: "… Just remove the bounty."
Xiao Ai: [Huh? That's it? (Д *)]
Lu Zhou: "Yeah, he's not a dangerous person, let's not give him a hard time."
Xiao Ai: [Then … okay. QAQ]
Lu Zhou took a sip of his coffee and ignored the "QAQ". He thought for a second and said, "Oh yeah, help me search his academic resume from the database. I need detailed information, including the papers he has submitted in the past ten years, his review experience, and academic conferences he has participated in."
Even though it was naive to think that he could spend a bitcoin on something that even the intelligence community around the world was interested in, one bitcoin could still be exchanged for a lot of money.
It seemed like Lu Zhou wasn't rich enough to spend tens of thousands of dollars. Lu Zhou was curious as to why Lu Zhou was so eager to contact him.
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