There was no reply for a minute after the message was sent.
Ye Ming even thought that Mr. Baidie Fungus had started to stay up late and work again - the last time he invited her out for dinner, she kept complaining that she was as good as a cow or a horse.
Just when Ye Ming was about to put down his phone and concentrate on editing today's video, the news came back.
Mo Gu made a silent laughing expression.
"You, an electrical engineering major, asked me if a neuroscientist could make chips... Why did I hear this so wrongly?"
"But you are right to ask. Our group can indeed do it, but it may not be the kind of chip you imagined."
Ye Ming's mouth showed a smile.
Of course he knew that Mogu's chips were not "traditional" CPUs, GPUs, microcontrollers, etc., nor were they discrete devices such as diodes and transistors - in fact, they were almost the same when it came to sensors.
What she does there is invasive brain-computer electrodes, which are somewhat similar to the technology of Musk's team.
Then... just as Ye Ming was about to type, news from Mo Gu came again.
"But let me tell you first, if you ask me to help you make a chip or something, I really can't help you. I'm just a little guy in the team..."
Ye Ming laughed in surprise.
However, if you are a second-year graduate student, you will really only be able to do some detail work in a large group.
He thought for a while and quickly said: "Sister, you are being humble. That's it. I want to make an integrated electrode here..."
"It turns out it's an integrated click! You scared me! Is it convenient for you to enable voice over there? I type slowly."
Ye Ming looked at the news that popped up quickly and was speechless for a long time.
Is this hand speed still slow?
But he immediately replied "It's OK".
Tonight, all my roommates went out to get high, including Peng Xiaofei, who hasn't come back yet. I don't know if he got drunk and fell under the skirt of his schoolmate and senior sister.
After the voice call was connected, Mo Gu first smiled heartily: "Good guy, I thought you were asking me if I could rub the CPU. I thought this shouldn't be a job for my profession."
Ye Ming coughed embarrassedly: "I didn't make it clear, it's actually an integrated electrode."
"If you say this, then I have the right to speak. We in the neuroscience field deal with electrodes every day."
"That's why I asked Sister Mo Gu." Ye Ming chuckled and said, "My idea is this, integrate as many brain induction electrodes as possible on a piece of silicone or other flexible materials that is 1 x 1.5 centimeters."
"It means integrating N pieces of BIS (brain sensor) into one piece, right?"
"Well... that's right, but it's not a one-time thing."
"Then you... I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. Not to mention that EEG sensors are very expensive. Except for disposable BIS patches and other consumables, there is no matching process for customized integrated electrodes. My boss is also here.
I have used bioengineering, materials and computer science to make an integrated electrode as big as a soybean, with only more than fifty components in it."
"Uh... it's placed in people's heads?"
"How dare you? You put it in the brain of a guinea pig."
"..." Ye Ming's heart suddenly went cold when he heard Mo Gu say this.
He thought it would be easier to make it over there in Mo Gu, and if the materials were rich, he would like to see if he could spend some money and ask Mo Gu to find a way to make one for him...
Even if you can't get a highly integrated one, it would be great if you can get a hundred of them!
"Even if we only make electrodes and don't make the main control chip, won't it work?"
"If you just make electrodes... it shouldn't be difficult, but if you don't have a control chip, what are you going to use it for? Don't fool me, my brain nerves are the same as your circuits - this is what you said that day, that the current always has a place to go.
Yes, just like nerves are always connected to the brain."
Ye Ming: "...I will find a way to control the chip."
"Then I'll ask you. But Ye Ming, I'm not promising you to do it for you. I'm just asking you what materials you need, where to buy them, and at most the process... And I
I guess it’s not cheap to get this.”
"Okay, it's okay! Excuse me, Senior Sister Mo. When are you free? I'll treat you to dinner!"
"No problem. I heard from Xiao Qi that you won the national championship and you really deserve a treat."
…
After hanging up the call, Ye Ming let out a long breath.
Frankly speaking, this kind of integrated electrode is definitely not comparable to semiconductor chips in terms of process and complexity - even if silver is used as a material for reliability.
But because there is no demand, there is no market, so there is no scale and industrial chain.
So it all depends on the hands of various laboratories.
After sighing for a while, he started editing the video.
This time, because there is not much technology and the relevant code cannot be open source, there is not much content that can be displayed. At most, it is a performance of a robotic arm completing multiple gestures simultaneously under brain-computer control.
When Ye Ming edited the video to the end where the robotic arm's pseudo-hand gripper gave a thumbs up to indicate a thumbs up, he directly clicked on the video to upload.
Then, he heard Peng Xiaofei's slightly drunken shout from outside the door.
Yes, it seems that this guy still maintains his rationality in front of his senior sister.
…
In the next few days, Ye Ming stayed in the dormitory.
Before the library closed, he directly borrowed several professional books from the physics department.
These days, while he was reading books and self-study, he was also communicating with Itta in his mind - yes, after his long-term and unremitting fragmented indoctrination, and when he let Ita think on his own when he had nothing to do, Ita had grown from
The previous unilateral acceptance of his knowledge indoctrination turned into discussing it with Ye Ming.
The kind that makes progress together.
"I think you should use the electrode interface."
After waiting for Ye Ming for ten full minutes, Etta's voice actively sounded in his mind.
"what is it used for?"
"I read a book. Pure text information is much faster than picture information. You don't have to worry about the last picture transmission."
Ye Ming was immediately happy when he heard this: "You mean you think I am slow in learning, don't you?"
Ita was silent for a long time, as if she still couldn't grasp the essence of "lying". After a while, she answered.
"Yes, but I don't want to cause any trouble to you."
"Don't worry, this level of trouble is no problem."
Ye Ming smiled and saw the phone screen light up, showing new WeChat messages.
After clicking on it, it was from Mogu.
"You said you wanted to invite me to dinner without Xiaoqi?"
The Xiaoqi in her mouth is naturally lacquer and ink.
Ye Ming slapped his head.
He really forgot...
"Of course together! I still owe her several meals. Sister Mogu, did you ask for the news?"
"I asked, do you mind if I bring someone else to share the meal?"
Ye Ming was startled for a moment, and immediately realized that the person brought here was probably the boss in her team who was responsible for hand-rubbing integrated electrodes.