Apart from caring about the safety of his family and friends, Peter has almost no selfish motives.
Moreover, because Peter did not know that the intracranial nerve signal sensing technology had fatal flaws.
Therefore, in his opinion, the neural arm project can actually make money.
Therefore, Peter did not understand why Mr. Irvine, who had always been very generous, was unwilling to invest in the neural arm project.
So, Peter asked with doubt:
"Why?"
"This project has no commercial value, really, Peter, I kid you not.
I'm not a philanthropist, I'm a businessman, I have a big company to take care of, everyone in the company has to eat, and everything needs to be spent.
Therefore, I cannot do this loss-making business.
Moreover, Peter, I do not recommend that you continue to spend your precious time and energy on this project. This project is really difficult to succeed."
Naturally, such a subjective reason could not convince Peter.
He had put a lot of effort into this project, and to convince him to give up the project, Leo needed to produce more solid evidence.
Of course Leo knew this, so he patiently explained:
"When I say that this project has no commercial value, I am not saying it out of thin air.
The motivation for this project is good and correct, and the envisioned project goals are even more amazing.
But just because the project goals are so amazing, the project has two fatal shortcomings, both of which are reducing the commercial value of the project."
Peter's attention was attracted by Leo's words, and even Otto unconsciously raised his ears, obviously wanting to hear what Leo had to say.
"The first shortcoming is that so far, the neural arm has not designed a suitable energy source.
According to Dr. Octavius' original project goals, the neural arm needed to be able to complete very complex movements quickly and accurately.
This requires that there must be enough powerful energy to support the neural arm to complete these actions.
But at the moment, I can't think of any cheap portable energy source that fits this bill.
It is impossible for us to equip every neural arm with a micro-nuclear reactor. In that case, the cost of each neural arm will be very expensive, and it is impossible to mass-produce it, and few people can afford it.
And products that cannot be mass-produced have absolutely no commercial value to me!”
Peter and Otto both nodded subconsciously, feeling that what Leo said made sense.
"The second shortcoming is even more fatal."
Leo walked to the workbench, picked up the sensor helmet, and said,
"There is a problem with this helmet, a big problem. If ordinary people use this helmet for a long time, their personality will change drastically, or they will lose their memory and become dementia!"
At this time, Peter and Otto did not agree with Leo's point of view.
Especially Otto, he felt that Leo was questioning his research results, and said slightly angrily:
"Mr. Erwin, the accuracy of what you said is questionable, and you even spoke out of turn.
I have done many experimental tests with this helmet, how come I don’t feel anything abnormal?”
"Is there really nothing unusual?"
Leo put the sensor helmet in his hand back on the workbench and said quietly,
"You might as well think carefully, are you more likely to lose control of your emotions now than before? Are you easily angry, resentful, and even want to kill?
In fact, your character has already begun to be affected by the sensing helmet...
To be precise, it was influenced by the intracranial nerve signal sensing technology you invented."
"That's all because I've been through a lot of trouble recently, all because of that bastard Norman Osborne."
Otto did realize that he was prone to losing control of his emotions recently, but he did not think it was caused by the sensor helmet.
"Whenever I think of that bastard, I think of all the injustices and grievances I have suffered in the past and present, and I get angry easily.
This has nothing to do with sensor helmets."
Peter was obviously more inclined to believe Otto's statement and interjected:
"Mr. Erwin, your reason just now is too far-fetched.
Based on your subjective guess, not only Dr. Octavius, but also me cannot be convinced of your statement.
How on earth did you discover that the sensor helmet was so defective? Do you have any objective evidence?”
Faced with simultaneous questioning from Otto and Peter, Leo did not panic at all and remained calm.
"Peter, have you never used this intracranial nerve signal sensing helmet?"
Leo suddenly asked Peter, then picked up the helmet and handed it to Peter and said,
"Then you might as well put it on your head and experience it for yourself. Once you experience it, you should understand why I came to the conclusion that there is something wrong with the sensor helmet."
Due to various reasons, Peter has never personally used the sensor helmet. Every time he tested it, Otto himself carried out the experiment with the helmet on.
Leo knew from the notes on the sensor helmet drawings that the stronger the mental power of a person, the easier it would be to discover fatal problems with the sensor helmet.
Peter's mental power is naturally not weak, and he will at least have a mental resistance expertise at least above the elementary level.
Therefore, Leo felt that if Peter used this sensor helmet personally, he should be able to feel something wrong with the sensor helmet.
Hearing with the ears is false, seeing with the eyes is true.
As long as Peter discovers this himself, I believe he will naturally agree with Leo's statement.
Peter put the sensor helmet on his head hesitantly, and then experienced a wonderful feeling like "water and milk blending together".
Peter experienced this feeling for the first time and was so immersed in the wonderful feeling that he couldn't even speak.
At the same time, the neural arm quickly made various incredibly precise movements under his command.
Moreover, after a full five minutes, there was no distortion or deformation in the movements. It was obvious that the transmission of nerve signals was still very stable.
After another minute or so, Peter suddenly tapped the button next to his neck, and the sensor helmet automatically fell off and hung around Peter's neck.
Huhu...
Peter didn't know what he was going through. He bent over and gasped for breath, and even retched twice.
Otto quickly supported Peter, patted Peter's back gently, trying to make Peter feel more comfortable, and asked with concern:
"Peter, are you okay? What happened?"
"Huh...huh...
There’s something really wrong with this sensor helmet.”
Peter took off the helmet from his neck and threw it on the workbench, with a look of disbelief on his face,
“When I first put it on, I felt everything was normal, even better than usual.
But after a while, all kinds of bold ideas came into my mind that I would never have had at ordinary times.
It's like, like it's trying to control my mind.
Mr. Erwin is right, this ‘intracranial nerve signal transmission technology’ really has fatal problems.”
Otto could doubt Leo, but he would not doubt Peter, who had been his assistant for so long.
Otto knew very well what Peter was like, he would never lie.
However, Otto did not feel any emotional abnormalities while using the sensor helmet.
So Otto asked in surprise:
"Really? But, when I put on the helmet, I really don't feel anything?! Why does such a strange thing happen?!"
No one here understood why better than Leo.
Because with the help of the system, Leo has long been familiar with the working principle of "intracranial nerve signal sensing technology", and even understands this technology better than Otto, the inventor of this technology.
However, Leo could not explain all technical principles to Otto and Peter.
Because according to common sense, Leo shouldn't know so many theoretical details about sensing technology. Talking too much will expose Leo's biggest secret.
Therefore, Leo could only simply say:
"That's because your mental power level is too weak and you can't feel the subtle cognitive disorders at the mental level.
Peter and I have relatively strong mental powers, so we can feel that our mental cognition is slightly distorted before and after wearing the helmet."
"Mr. Erwin, you said mental power?! Are you serious? We are not writing a novel, where can such a thing as mental power come from!
You said you are young, strong and full of energy, and can stay up late than me, I can understand!
But can things like spirituality really be so different that they can be classified into different levels?”