novelsite Chapter 49: Mechanical Ascension
Chapter 49: Mechanical Ascension
Inside a glass enclosure, a gorilla moved a box to stand on, then stretched out its arm and picked a bunch of bananas hanging from the ceiling.
After sitting down with the bananas in hand, the gorilla skillfully broke off a banana from the bunch and then gently cracked it open with its teeth, peeling the banana easily.
Then, the gorilla used its hands to put the fruit pulp into its mouth and chewed it slowly.
After finishing the banana flesh, the gorilla stuffed the remaining banana peel into its mouth, took a small bite, and then casually tore it off, leaving only the clean banana stem between its fingers.
After discarding the banana stem and eating the peel, the gorilla smacked its lips contentedly and let out a few low, pleasant purrs.
Then, the gorilla hugged the bunch of bananas tighter to its chest, as if protecting a precious treasure, and lazily leaned against the box, patting its round belly.
Feeling there was still room in his stomach, the gorilla broke off another banana, slowly peeled it, and ate it again, looking quite content and satisfied.
Upon seeing this, Old Feng couldn't help but turn to Guo Yi and exclaim in surprise, "Damn, you've deciphered all of the gorilla's movement signals!?"
It's normal for animals to use prosthetics, but it's very abnormal for animals to use intelligent prosthetics.
Because animals simply cannot reliably use any intelligent prosthetics!
The prerequisite for using any smart prosthesis is to decipher the motion signals and know what motion corresponds to what signal.
Otherwise, intelligent prosthetics are just decorations and can't move at all.
Animals cannot communicate, so humans are almost completely unaware of their behavioral signals.
However, the gorillas in the glass enclosure have mostly intelligent prosthetics: their left arm is an intelligent prosthetic up to the shoulder, their right little finger and ring finger are also intelligent prosthetics, their entire left leg is an intelligent prosthetic, and their right lower leg is also an intelligent prosthetic.
Furthermore, the gorilla's every move was so natural and fluid that it seemed as if its limbs were perfectly intact.
This not only means that Guo Yi has deciphered all of the gorilla's motion signals, but also that he has achieved the ultimate in tactile feedback, making the intelligent prosthetic limb almost as tactile as a human body.
Only in this way can the gorilla's movements be natural and smooth!
In addition, Guo Yi must have done an excellent job in terms of the comfort of the prosthesis, otherwise the gorilla would not have shown such a comfortable expression.
More importantly, the gorilla was delivered to the shipyard six months ago!
This means that Guo Yi must have completed the decoding of the gorilla's motion signals within six months and created an intelligent prosthetic limb that was almost indistinguishable from a human body...
This is neither scientific nor reasonable!
Thinking of this, Old Feng couldn't help but continue, "How exactly did you do that?!"
As soon as Mr. Feng finished asking his question, Yue Mingyuan secretly tugged at him and whispered, "Mr. Feng, now is not the time to ask about technical details."
"..."
Old Feng was taken aback for a moment, then realized what he meant and said, "I'll contact you later when you have time."
After saying that, Old Feng and the others looked at the four main characters with uncle-like smiles: Guo Yi, Li Sisi, Li Guiwang, and Li Sisi's mother, Chen Xiuhui.
The gorilla's situation was a complete replica of Li Guiwang's, so it was obvious who Guo Yi was developing the intelligent prosthetic limb for and what his purpose was.
Therefore, in front of everyone, Li Sisi took Guo Yi's hand and looked at him with eyes full of love.
Guo Yixian and Li Sisi winked, then Guo Yixian smiled at Li Guiwang and his wife and said, "Uncle, Aunt, this intelligent prosthetic limb is my betrothal gift. Are you both satisfied?"
"I'm satisfied, I'm extremely satisfied!"
Li Guiwang stared at the gorilla with shining eyes, and urged without turning his head, "Ayi, when will my prosthetic limb be ready?"
Could you please work overtime and get this done for me as soon as possible?
"Uncle, I'm all ready. As long as you're satisfied, I can install it for you anytime."
"Then let's hurry."
"Let's go to the operating room, Wen Shu, prepare for surgery."
"Yes."
"..."
When Guo Yi and the others arrived outside the operating room, two Harpers were already waiting with Li Guiwang's complete set of intelligent prosthetics.
However, Li Guiwang looked at the smart prosthetic arm on the tray, then at his own forearm, and said helplessly, "Ayi, are you sure this is for me?"
This doesn't suit me at all!
Ignoring Li Guiwang's disability, he is no different from any other middle-aged or elderly person.
As for that intelligent prosthetic limb... its gray metallic matte finish, smooth lines, and massive muscles seemed completely mismatched with Li Guiwang's appearance.
"Uncle, if we try to coordinate, you won't be able to stay here any longer, so this is the only way I can do it."
Guo Yi shrugged and then introduced to everyone: "This set of intelligent prosthetics uses full-domain neural coupling technology, which not only has extremely strong anti-interference ability, but can also directly control and monitor every state of the prosthetics through neural signals."
In terms of sensory feedback, it can simulate sensory feedback close to that of a real physical body, and can autonomously turn sensory feedback on or off via neural signals.
In terms of the driver, I used reverse programming of neural signals. No decoding or adaptation is required. It can be used right out of the box. The control accuracy is close to 100%, and the latency is reduced to less than 0.05 seconds, which is basically no different from my own hands and feet.
I used lightweight E-carbon steel as the material, and the heaviest part only weighs 2.5 kilograms.
However, this also results in insufficient protective performance of smart prosthetics, which can only be immune to direct fire from small-caliber rifles.
A medium-caliber rifle can withstand about 10 hits within 50 meters, while a large-caliber rifle cannot stop it at all.
In terms of power, except for the fingers, I have built electromagnetic muscle bundles and shock absorption modules into the rest of the prosthetics.
The peak force output of the arms can reach 1500 kg, and the peak force output of the legs can reach 2000 kg, but the upper limit of the shock absorption module is only 1000 kg.
Therefore, unless it is an emergency, try not to exceed the upper limit of shock absorption.
In terms of speed, it can run 100 meters in 8 seconds under normal conditions, and 5 seconds under overload. Its normal jump height is 1.5 meters, and its limit is 3 meters. It can safely land hard within a height of 5 meters.
The power source is pure electric, and there are two charging methods: charging via a dedicated prosthetic box and magnetic charging.
The dedicated prosthetic case can fast charge the entire prosthetic set at the same time, or charge a single prosthetic, and can be fully charged in as little as half an hour.
The magnetic charging takes half an hour if it's fast, and three hours if it's slow.
When fully charged, the smart prosthetic limb has a daily battery life of 168 hours and a maximum battery life of 72 hours during high-intensity combat.
In addition, the prosthesis has a built-in simple AI that can assist in control to some extent and reduce the burden on the nerves.
That's about it for the core performance. As for the rest of the details, Uncle, we'll talk about it with Wenshu when you've finished installing it and have some free time.
After patiently waiting for Guo Yi to finish his introduction, Li Guiwang impatiently urged again, "Ayi, stop explaining and hurry up and install it for me!"
"Wen Shu, take your uncle inside for surgery."
"Uncle, please come with me."
"..."
After Li Guiwang entered the operating room, Wen Shu thoughtfully projected the situation inside the operating room.
The operating room was empty, except for a bed, a dense array of surgical instruments, robotic arms, and various surgical monitoring devices. Upon seeing this, Dr. Feng's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Chief Physician Guo, is intelligent surgery mature now?"
"It's not mature enough to be widely adopted."
Guo Yi shook his head and explained, "Surgery requires too much computing power. Even with Wen Shu's current computing power, it can only perform one surgery at a time and cannot perform multiple surgeries simultaneously."
Therefore, smart surgery cannot be widely adopted for the time being.
"Can't even minor surgeries be performed using smart surgery?"
"Without sufficient computing power, surgery can turn into slaughter."
"Never mind then. By the way, since you have some free time now, tell me about global neural coupling technology."
"Global neural coupling..."
"..."
While Guo Yi and Old Feng were chatting, Li Guiwang, naked and with his eyes closed, was pushed into the operating room by Haro, controlled by Wen Shu.