Chapter 570 The five tigers are all together

Author: Riding a pig to dig a hole

Chapter 570 The five tigers are all together

Chen Yiqing walked out of the elevator, walked through the long corridor, and came to a frosted glass door.

Before ID verification, he glanced at the house number above.

Under the seven large black characters of "Neuroscience Laboratory", a line of small characters has been added.

The font is bold and marked in red, making it extremely eye-catching.

Chen Yiqing nodded with satisfaction and walked in with a loud "beep" sound.

Just like a prairie lion stepping into its own territory.

Once he enters the laboratory, he will release a pure and sufficient amount of adrenaline, completely forget about those boring tasks, and spend all his time on every test and every experiment.

Chen Yiqing first came to a small room on the left.

There was a large cage in the center, containing 6 pure white rats, each with a small, thin metal disc fixed on its head.

The metal piece is connected by a long, thin cable to a computer in the corner.

In addition, there is a strange drinking device in the cage.

Unlike the ordinary glass bowl that rats drink from, this is a metal lever with a small cup attached to it.

The metal lever is connected to a small rod. As long as the small rod is pressed, the lever will drive the water cup to move.

The cup just fits under a dripping pipe outside the cage.

As long as you hold the stick still and maintain this position for 3 seconds, the cup will collect a glass of ice-cold and delicious water.

Then, slowly release the force of its front paws on the small stick, and the rat can let the lever bring the cup back to the cage, back to its mouth, and enjoy a sip of sweet nectar.

It seemed like a very simple process, but Chen Yiqing spent several months training it. In order for the six rats to learn to press the stick with their front paws to drink water, he devoted all his patience.

However, after training, the results are very impressive.

The rats quickly learned how to use this new tool to obtain clean water.

All these repetitive actions and the electrical activity of neurons were recorded by a computer using a microelectrode array implanted in the motor cortex of the rat.

Chen Yiqing collected these neural electrical signals and converted them into a motion control simulation signal through summary calculation.

He sends the motion signal to the lever controller to move the metal lever.

In this way, the spontaneous movements of the rat's brain when it wants to drink water can be recreated in real time.

The experiment went very smoothly, and the rats seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

They realized that not only could they use their front paws to control the lever to drink water.

At the same time, you can also use your brain to control the lever and still drink water.

The rats gradually learned to switch between the two and enjoyed doing so.

There is no doubt that this has become a new game for them.

At this moment, under Chen Yiqing's gaze.

The rats are playing this newly learned game.

Some press the small stick repeatedly with their front paws to drink water happily.

Some remain motionless, as long as they stare at the stick, the lever will still move and give it a glass of water.

As he watched, a narrow smile slowly appeared on Chen Yiqing's face.

Next, he wants to give these furry little guys a big surprise.

He did nothing, just walked aside and disconnected the rod from the lever.

Soon, the rats realized something was wrong.

When they pressed the stick, the lever stopped moving.

They kept pressing their front paws on the small stick, but the lever still seemed dead and motionless.

The expected glass of water was not delivered either.

The rats pressed it repeatedly, trying again and again, but to no avail.

They instantly became very depressed, lying in the cage one by one, staring with big red eyes, looking listless.

Although he had seen it many times, Chen Yiqing still couldn't help laughing when he saw the rats like this.

"Oh, poor little baby, Chen Bo, are you teasing them again and enjoying the feeling of being a god?"

Suddenly, a clear voice sounded behind him.

Then a woman with a high ponytail and a plain white coat walked into the small room.

Chen Yiqing touched his nose awkwardly and said sarcastically: "I just concluded a big project, so why don't I just relax here and have some fun."

Long-term scientific research work will make people's brains very tired.

Taking the time to design a small experiment, and then watching the mice fall into various difficulties and make predicted reactions is one of his few pleasures.

"Lily, good news, our brain-computer project team is basically complete. I have found a senior engineer to help us realize our mechanical ideas."

Chen Yiqing said impatiently that he would tell his right-hand man this good news.

A smile instantly bloomed on Zhang Li's face, as bright as a spring flower: "Great, when will the project officially start?"

"Tomorrow!" Chen Yiqing said decisively.

"I have already reported it to the General Health Commission, and he promised to help me find a top neurosurgeon. We can do animal experiments first, and then start human brain experiments after the doctor is in place."

"Let me tell you, I have even found volunteers. It can be said that everything is ready. All we need is the east wind."

Zhang Li smiled and nodded, unable to restrain her inner excitement, she turned around and walked out.

As Chen Yiqing's assistant, she has a lot of work to do every day. Since the project is about to start tomorrow, she naturally needs to make some preparations in advance.

Chen Yiqing then turned his head and looked at the rat in the cage.

They were still lying motionless, looking lifeless.

Chen Yiqing smiled and shook his head, opening the brain-computer interface connected to the metal plate on the rat's head.

In this way, the rat can transmit brain activity signals to the lever.

Although you can't press the lever with your paw, you can control the lever with your mind and drink water.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, the rat jumped up and rushed to the metal lever.

This time, the rat did not put its front paws up, because countless previous failures had told it that doing so was useless.

Instead, stare at the stick, try hard, and use the power of thinking to pry it.

At first, the rat tried a little cautiously. The lever shook a little and then quickly returned to its original position.

But this little movement already made the rat overjoyed.

It continued to look at the stick, thinking hard, imagining the scene when it stretched out its front paws and pressed the stick hard.

The lever moved slowly.

The rat was instantly overjoyed and thought harder.

Hang in there!

If it also has human consciousness, this must be the only thought in its mind.

It was very successful and the results were gratifying.

The lever moved slowly but firmly, bringing the cup under the dripping pipe.

After 3 seconds, the cup slowly returned to the rat's mouth.

Everything seemed to be back to its original position.

The rat squeaked excitedly, its little mouth jumped into the water glass, and drank eagerly.

All the water was drank within a second.

This time, the rat felt confident and began to meditate again.

The lever moved again and the rat drank water again.

In this way, relying on the power of thinking, the rat drank water until it was full.

After it relieves the anxiety caused by thirst.

Looking at this incredible water delivery system, the rat realized something.

You can make the lever move again just through the activity of your brain.

Although none of the rats could figure out what was going on, there was no doubt that they had learned to drink water consciously.

Soon, the rats no longer used their front paws to press the stick.
To be continued...