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Chapter 42 Discussion on Brain-Computer Connections

"Science Biotech is a biopharmaceutical company that has developed very rapidly in the past two years.

Its founder is Zheng Li, a student at Jiangcheng University who once sparked heated discussions in the media. He published a paper in the main journal Nature during his freshman year.

After his freshman year, Zheng Li dropped out of college to start Ke Chuang Biotechnology, and received RMB 5000 million of venture capital from Lei Jun in the A round.

Subsequently, it received a total investment of more than 100 billion US dollars in the B round of investment. The second round of venture capital came from Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, Bocom International and Temasek Investments, all of which are first-tier venture capital firms that have been active in recent years.

Judging from the videos released by major manufacturers, operating mobile phones through brain-computer connection is already a very mature technology. It can be said that this time Chinese companies are ahead of all countries in brain-computer connection.

Brain-computer connection has always been regarded as a laboratory technology, and people seem to only see it in news reports.

This time it's really here. Through the brain-computer connection device, the human brain and mobile phone are connected together, and people no longer need to click on the screen with their hands when using their mobile phones.

Just with a thought, the phone will automatically open the corresponding icon and perform the corresponding operation.

People no longer have to worry about mobile phone screens becoming too large to be controlled with one hand, nor do they have to worry about breaking the screen due to not holding the phone firmly.

More importantly, brain-computer connection devices bring good news to people with disabilities, spinal cord injuries, or even complete paralysis. They can use their mobile phones to receive the latest information without the help of others and enjoy fast and convenient information services.

All I can say is Zheng Li YYDS!

I still have some personal expectations for brain-computer connection. When will Apple launch brain-computer connection? Don't do the same as full screen and high refresh rate, where they wait until Android phones are exhausted before launching it.

The second is whether the iPad and computer can also have brain-computer connection functions. When I personally use the iPad to study, if there is a brain-computer connection device, my learning efficiency will definitely be greatly improved.

In addition, what about the radiation from brain-computer connection devices? Will it have any impact on the human brain?

Finally, will brain-computer connection steal people's thinking activities? This is a very critical question. "

There is another more professional answer on Zhihu that can answer the question of whether brain-computer interface devices can steal brain thinking activities:
“Thank you for the invitation. I am a researcher at Kechuang Biotechnology and I just joined the company last fall. After joining, I was in the biomedical group, so I can only say that I have used brain-computer interfaces, but I have not participated in research and development.

I feel very honored and humbled to see that our products have aroused everyone's interest. The technical route and experimental plan of brain-computer connection technology were almost developed by Zheng Shen alone, including the neural signal integration algorithm for brain-computer connection, which was all written by Zheng Shen.

Yes, we also call him Mr. Zheng in our company. If you have any academic questions on the forum, you can @ him. If the questions you ask are interesting, you can get personal answers from Mr. Zheng.

I know a colleague who asked a very profound question was transferred to the R&D center in Singapore by Zheng Shen. The treatment in Singapore is at least 30% better than that in Suzhou! I’m so envious!

Okay, back to the topic, although I did not participate in the research and development of brain-computer connection, I have been involved in internal forums and served as a guinea pig in their laboratories.

First of all, Ke Chuang Bio's brain-computer connection chip has no storage function. Ke Chuang Bio will not store or leak your neural signals.

Secondly, our brain-computer connection technology is very mature and will not cause damage to the human brain. You should know that the Bluetooth headsets that everyone uses usually also have chips. Our radiation will not be greater than that of the Bluetooth chip.

However, just because we won’t steal your brain data doesn’t mean that mobile phone manufacturers won’t.

The chip for brain-computer connection is divided into two parts, the signal sending device is behind the brain, and the signal receiving device is inside the mobile phone.

Mobile phone manufacturers can upload the received signals. From the perspective of big data, everyone's neural signals are valuable, and they can be combined with the content you are watching on your phone to conduct data analysis.

If Tik Tok could analyze the neural signals of users when they see each video, they would definitely be able to make the push algorithm more accurate.

Taobao can also use brain-computer connections to collect customers' neural signals and push products more accurately.

For mobile phone manufacturers, this data can help them develop their own brain-computer connection devices.

You should know that major mobile phone manufacturers have to use brain-computer connection technology by paying patents. As far as I know, the patent usage fee for each mobile phone is quite high.

However, brain-computer connection technology only matured at the end of last year, and technological research and development is not that fast. Even if mobile phone manufacturers and major Internet companies want to do this, they will not have time, at least for the first generation of products.

Finally, Kechuang Bio will be listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board in the first half of this year. Can new employees like me who joined at the end of last year be given some bonus shares? I hope that God Zheng will have mercy on me.

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the history and future prospects of brain-computer interface technology, ethics and behavioral norms.

The issue that the public is most concerned about is whether brain-computer connection technology will steal brain information. Major mobile phone manufacturers have stated that they will never do such a thing and will never save customers' neural signal data.

External discussions will not affect KeChuang Bio's listing efforts.

But it is a torture for securities firms.

Li Shuyao was almost driven crazy. Although CICC did not become the lead underwriter of Kechuang Biotechnology, they were also in contact with the underwriter and were responsible for helping Kechuang Biotechnology prepare the listing materials for its IPO.

The IPO listing work of the Science and Technology Innovation Board is mainly divided into material preparation, acceptance by the stock exchange, review by the stock exchange, deliberation by the listing committee, submission to the China Securities Regulatory Commission, registration with the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and listing.

"It's torture, too much torture. You Ke Chuang Biology guys are going to drive me crazy!" Li Shuyao complained to Li Miaomiao.

She participated in the IPO of Ke Chuang Biotechnology as an intern. During the four-day internship, she was busy until midnight every day.

Li Miaomiao said helplessly: "You are busy, but I am even busier. As the vice president in charge of finance, I work every day when I open my eyes and when I close my eyes."

"I have been sleeping in the company every day during this period."

Li Shuyao clenched her fists. "It's all Zheng Li's fault. Didn't they say that brain-computer connection technology would take some time to be implemented? How come it's been less than two months and it's already been implemented?"

“And it has such a wide range of applications when combined with mobile phones?”

"Now, the entire prospectus has to be torn down and rewritten."

"The research reports and materials of several of our brokerage firms will also have to be completely rewritten."

Li Miaomiao heard Zheng Li say: "Why blame Zheng Li? You know, it's normal for scientists to achieve technological breakthroughs when they get inspiration."

Li Shuyao complained: "Zheng Li's inspiration is too frequent. Tell him not to have any more inspirations before the product goes on the market!"

(End of this chapter)