Chapter 1015: The Sorrow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Just when the team of the manned landing project returned to Earth carrying a large number of 'souvenirs' collected from Mars.
On the other side, Jinling.
In the clinical laboratory on the seventh floor of the Experimental Building of the Clinical Medicine Center of the Hexi Campus of the First Hospital.
A group of 'patients' wearing special hospital clothes, including men and women, young and old, were sitting neatly on the benches in the waiting room, waiting for examination.
If there is any unified characteristic of this group of people, it is that some of their body tissues are not 'original'.
Some people are missing an arm, others are missing a thigh, and some even have both arms or legs missing.
Those participating in the experiment and waiting for the examination are all disabled people.
Even the most mildly disabled person has lost two fingers.
"Liu Ming~"
After waiting for a short while, the door of the laboratory was gently pushed open, and a nurse leaned out half of her body and shouted.
"Here! Coming!"
Soon, a young man stood up and walked quickly towards the laboratory.
Opening the door, in the bright laboratory, several medical staff and scientific researchers were lowering their heads and writing and drawing on the recording boards in their hands.
After waiting for a while, a scientific researcher in a white coat came over with a recording board in his hand.
"Liu Ming, number 07, right?"
Upon hearing the name and number, Liu Ming nodded quickly and said, "Well, yes, it's me."
"Okay, come with me."
The scientific researcher in a white coat smiled and continued as he walked inside: "Today's examination is still the same as before."
"I understand, I understand, I will try my best to cooperate."
Liu Ming nodded in agreement and cooperated with the medical staff to install the matching monitoring equipment on his body.
He has been conducting this type of experiment for almost four months.
I am already very familiar with the bionic robotic arm installed on my right hand.
But the more familiar he became, the greater the shock and emotion in his heart.
Although he has never installed a similar mechanical prosthesis or bionic arm since losing his arm, it is not that he has not learned about similar products.
Most of the mechanical prostheses and bionic robotic arms on the market can be said to have a symbolic meaning.
Even though it is advertised as being flexible and capable of realizing various functions, it is even exaggerated to the point that it does not affect normal daily life at all, etc.
But in fact, these products are an IQ tax.
Even high-end mechanical prostheses can only grasp water bottles, carry some items, etc.
And the more advanced ones are personalized smart prosthetics that can be customized for the rich and wealthy.
Putting aside the extremely expensive price, those smart prosthetics are equipped with advanced sensors and control systems that can sense and respond to movement commands in real time, bringing a more natural and smooth movement experience.
It also has more functions than the original arms of the human body, such as sensing the environment, assisting in daily life, etc.
But no matter how you say it, no matter how those manufacturers brag, it is an intelligent mechanical product after all. It is not a human arm. It cannot completely replace the human arm, let alone be as natural and smooth as an arm.
However, during this period, his experience with the bionic robotic arm installed on his arm almost completely overturned all his previous understanding of robotic arms and smart prosthetics.
If he were asked to describe this set of prosthetic limbs installed on his body, he could only use the words "like an arm to control"!
No!
Even to a certain extent, Ru-arm cannot describe the shock that this set of bionic robotic arms brought to him.
After all, the joints of human arms and wrists cannot rotate 360 degrees without dead ends; human fingers cannot be bent in any direction like plasticine.
It is no exaggeration to say that this bionic robotic arm not only achieves all the functions of the "original" arm, but is also countless times ahead of its time.
At least for the more than 20 years since he had his right hand, it was impossible for him to fold his wrist and elbow backwards to fit the arm like he does now; it was even less possible for him to twist his fingers randomly like a snake.
This kind of function and skill that is beyond what the human body can originally do makes him feel extremely magical.
Just like a sentence often ridiculed in science fiction novels.
The flesh and blood are weak and the machine soars!
Yes, that's the feeling.
Liu Ming couldn't even imagine what would happen if his other hand and two legs were replaced with this kind of bionic robotic arm?
Run and break the Olympic world record?
Or break 100 meters in three seconds?
Or will he become the overlord of Western Chu who can carry a heavy cauldron?
This couldn't help but remind him of the games he played in college.
Players can gradually transform themselves into machines through research and development of technology, and eventually become fully synthetic humans.
This process consists of two main steps: "Bitter" and "Synthetic Evolution". First, the player needs to select the "Bitter" ascension, which will add multiple engineering projects and special projects to the technology tree, and complete these projects
Populations can be transformed into prosthetics.
Later, after all research and development is completed, players can choose "synthetic evolution" to transform the prosthetic man into a more powerful synthetic man, and finally achieve complete mechanization.
He seems to be on this path now.
If you think about it this way, has he become a "new human being" in this world?
...
After throwing away the messy thoughts in his mind, Liu Ming followed the usual clinical experiments and cooperated with the tests one by one with great care.
When participating in this clinical medical experiment of bionic robotic arms, they all signed relevant contracts.
In addition to serving as a 'guinea pig' for clinical medical subsidies, there is another clause in the contract, that is, as long as they cooperate with clinical experiments, successfully complete relevant work, and collect enough data, the bionic mechanical prostheses installed on them will be
'gift' to them.
Although we don’t know the value of this kind of bionic prosthetic limb, we have some understanding of the value of this device through these days of clinical medical experiments.
Even if it is a clinical trial version, it is no exaggeration to say that if it is released, someone will definitely spend millions or even tens of millions to buy it.
If it were not for clinical medical experiments, he would never have access to such top-notch medical products, nor would he be able to afford them.
...
At the same time, on the other side of Eurasia.
In distant Sweden, at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, one meeting after another is being held.
According to the usual rules, the annual Nobel Prize awards are announced one after another on October 1 of each year.
Now the time has come to around mid-August 2025. In about one and a half months, this year's Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will announce the list of this year's Nobel Prize winners.
August is a critical period for deciding the winners of various awards.
For this reason, in addition to the School of Physics, the selection committees in the major branches of several other major academies of science have been quarreling, and they are all arguing for this year's Nobel Prize winner.
As for the selection results of the Physics Branch, there was nothing to argue about among the selection committee members.
The quota for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics can be said to be fixed and cannot be modified by anyone.
The only thing that gives the selection committees a headache is which of each other's achievements they should select as this year's selection results.
Yes, what gives them a headache is which of the other party's achievements should be selected to award him the Nobel Prize.
The unified framework theory of strongly correlated electronic systems in condensed matter physics, the existence and proof of solutions to the Yang-Mills equation, the unified theory of strong electricity, room temperature superconducting materials, efficient integrated carbon nanotube technology...
Any of the above-mentioned achievements would be worthy of a Nobel Prize.
It can even be said that choosing them for the Nobel Prize is an honor for the Nobel Prize, not an honor for these achievements.
Just like the Nobel Prize is to Einstein, winning the Nobel Prize for Ai Lao is the honor of the Nobel Prize, not the crown that the Nobel Prize gives him.
"If you have to choose one of these results, I think the unified theory of strong electricity is the most suitable."
In the discussion room, selection committee member Professor George Smoot spoke while discussing.
"What about room temperature superconducting materials? How to deal with this? Is it possible that we will send it to him again next year?"
After hearing that someone had nominated the unified theory of strong electricity to win this year's Nobel Prize, someone asked with a slight frown.
It is undeniable that the unified theory of strong electricity has pointed out the future direction for the theoretical physics community and is an achievement that no one can ignore.
But the importance of room temperature superconducting materials cannot be overemphasized.
For human civilization that uses electric energy as a universal energy system, room temperature superconducting materials are tantamount to the key to a new era.
Just like the steam engine in the first industrial revolution and the internal combustion engine in the second industrial revolution, room temperature superconducting materials have unparalleled changes in the entire event!
At the discussion table, Professor Wolfgang Kottler from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences smiled bitterly, with a hint of ridicule and helplessness, and said: "If we consider that one award corresponds to one achievement, I am afraid that in the next few years,
In time, he will win all the physics prizes."
Hearing this, several selection committee members in the discussion room laughed bitterly.
Indeed, if we follow the rule of one medal for each achievement, their Nobel Prize in Physics in the next few years will have to be awarded to Professor Xu.
The achievements he has made in recent years are simply too exaggerated.
Condensed matter physics, theoretical physics, materials physics, chemical physics...
It is no exaggeration to say that he alone carried the entire era.
And this does not include his achievements in other fields, such as mathematics, astronomy, engineering, aerospace, etc.
Not to mention other things, the controllable nuclear fusion technology alone is an extremely huge project.
Although it cannot be said that this technology was solved by him alone, the decisive role he played in it is obvious to everyone.
Without him, controllable nuclear fusion technology would probably still be fifty years old.
But now it is providing a steady stream of cheap and clean energy to the world.
If the twentieth century is the golden age of physics, it is the brilliance of a group of people and the brilliance released by a group of top physicists that fills the entire physics.
Then the 21st century is a dream era in the world of physics, a man's glory, a god-like existence sitting on the pinnacle throne of academia.
That person is like a god, standing at the top of the pyramid of academia, with his back to all living beings, overlooking the entire world.
Everyone can see his back, but they can only see his back.
After a while, Professor Anders Ilbach, the chairman of the selection committee, came back to his senses, knocked on the table to attract everyone's attention, and said:
"Although Mr. Nobel has never specified how many Nobel Prizes a person can win, there have been great scholars who have won two physics medals in the past."
"But if in the next few years, we award all physics prizes to Professor Xu Chuan, I'm afraid this will not be a very appropriate thing no matter what aspect we consider."
"Even with Professor Xu's character, he might not come to receive the medals later."
After hearing this, several selection committee members for the physics prize looked at each other and looked at each other.
Not accepting the Nobel Prize, what kind of hell joke is this?
Well, if it's that person, it's really not impossible.
After all, this is not the first time he has done this kind of thing in the world of mathematics.
Professor Xu has missed the Millennium Prize awarded by the Cray Institute for three consecutive years, which is coveted by mathematicians around the world.
He single-handedly solved the three major problems of Hodge's conjecture, the existence and proof of solutions to the NS equation and the Yang-Mills equation, but he never received the one million meters of gold.
If that's the case, they must be lucky that the other party has been to Sweden to attend the Nobel Prize award ceremony.
If the Nobel Prize was rejected by Professor Xu like the Millennium Prize, they would probably be even more embarrassed.
After thinking for a while, Professor Anders Ilbach said: "We need a complete plan on how to award Professor Xu."
"For him, winning another Nobel Prize is not that important, but for us, it is of great significance."
After a slight pause, the chairman of the selection committee looked around at several of his companions, and then said in a deep voice: "You know, last year we awarded the physics medal to the field of AI, which already caused dissatisfaction among many physicists.
Already."
"If this year's Nobel Prize cannot have honors such as the unified theory of strong electricity and room-temperature superconducting materials, this will be a huge blow to the honor and status of the Nobel Prize."
Hearing this, several voting members of the selection committee nodded.
Indeed, last year's Nobel Prize selection results disappointed many people, especially the Physics Prize, which disappointed many people.
Although that result can be said to be good, it is not that there are no better options.
This year they must find ways to maintain the honor and status of the Nobel Prize.