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Prosthetic limbs on the market now are really just ’prosthetic limbs’, capable of providing support and balance for the body, but almost incapable of operation. Most high-tech prosthetic limbs are robotic arms with many functions, but the vast majority of them are impractical, and some are even inferior to ordinary prosthetics.

"If a prosthetic can be developed that utilizes the human nervous system to detect touch, the prospects would definitely be good,"

Zhao Yi said.

That was his idea.

If a prosthetic had the function of human tactile sensation, it would be almost like a real limb.

But to have the function of human tactile sensation is extremely difficult, considering the theory of tactile nerve conduction, to research and develop such a feature presents many challenges.

Zhao Yi explained, "We’re not actually aiming to develop a prosthetic limb, but the technology for prosthetic touch points to be captured by the human nervous system."

"That is to say, allowing the sensor signals from the prosthetic limb to be truly transmitted through the nervous system, enabling the body to have more sensitive control over the prosthetic."

Zhao Yi’s explanation was very clear.

As there was already a theory for tactile signal transmission, which is to use machinery to simulate tactile signals so that they can be perceived by the human nervous system.

This links machinery and human nerves together, and one can imagine how difficult that is.

Everyone in the laboratory was grinning wryly as they listened.

Even Zhang Wei, who had immense trust in Zhao Yi, couldn’t help but twitch at the corners of her mouth, subconsciously feeling that the research was too high-end and essentially impossible to achieve.

However, Zhao Yi had already decided, and the opinions of others in the lab were irrelevant, because not only could Zhao Yi make decisions, he could also secure a large amount of funding. Why not research with funding available?

All they had to do was to follow along and do the research.

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In fact, Zhao Yi was still confident because there was already a theory for tactile signal transmission.

The previous experiments had provided a wealth of conditions, and he had a research ’superpower’—"Correlation Law." As long as the correlation of tactile nerve signal transmission with mechanical waves, electromagnetic waves, magnetism, vibration, and other aspects was understood, and their common properties discovered, these shared points could be leveraged as a breakthrough for tackling related technologies.

The main difficulty of this research lies in the components used at the junction between machinery and nerves, as well as the control system for signal conversion.

The latter is relatively simpler, while the former requires meticulous study.

Now, as we’re only researching single signal transmission, there’s no need to consider rejection reactions, nor central nervous system ’acknowledgment’ messages; we just need the mechanical signals to be captured by the nervous system.

Upon entering his office, Zhao Yi listed a huge number of ’material requirements,’ including but not limited to ’capable of transmitting electromagnetic signals’, ’good toughness’, ’harmless to the human body’, and so on.

Then, he found the Biomedical Research Institute’s expert in biomaterials—

Zhou Qian.

Zhou Qian mainly focused on bio-based fiber materials. She was also a researcher at the institute, working on projects leaning towards biotechnology, and she had collaborations with many pharmaceutical companies. She had even participated in the development of heart stent materials.

When Zhao Yi found Zhou Qian, he directly discussed his research with her, intending to collaborate with her.

Zhou Qian immediately showed interest, "Is this project going to be done independently or in collaboration with external companies?"

"In collaboration with companies,"

Zhao Yi nodded, "After all, we’re just a research institution, not a medical device manufacturer."

Zhou Qian smiled, "With the reputation of Academician Zhao, it’s easy to find companies to collaborate with. The material you’re talking about is not hard to find and can lead to new research. However, I think it’s best to finalize the collaboration first before starting the research, otherwise there might be issues with funding."

Zhao Yi thought it over and understood.

When deciding to work on "Correlation Law," he hadn’t considered the issue of funding. In reality, starting a new project meant that if the collaboration weren’t agreed upon in advance, the funding for research and development would be hard to secure.

Although he wasn’t concerned about a small amount of funding, there were rules within scientific research organizations, and both the Biomedical Research Institute and the other people would certainly care.

Zhao Yi pondered and then said, "We could work together on the research. Sister Zhou, can you take charge of the materials side of things?"

"Yes, I can."

"Then let’s join forces and see if any companies are interested."

"Alright, let’s agree on that, and you can’t find anyone else now. I’ll talk to Director Yan about the collaboration, and the institute can handle the negotiations."

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Now, it’s too easy for the Biomedical Research Institute to find corporate partners, especially for a project from Zhao Yi’s laboratory. Once the news was out, many medical device manufacturers appeared at the door.

However, when they heard about the research project, several companies backed off.

Because the difficulty was too high. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

Companies certainly need to consider the cost of research and development, and its potential return on investment. The high technical difficulty and long time cost were one thing, but even if results were obtained in a few years, turning the tactile technology into profits was not easy, with many challenges in between.

But there were still large medical device manufacturers that were very interested in the project.

For one thing, Zhao Yi’s laboratory itself was prestigious. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

Additionally, large medical device manufacturers valued the technology itself more—they needed to ’own’ more advanced technology, not just quickly turn it into profits.

On the institute’s side, negotiations were underway with several large medical device manufacturers for potential collaboration on technology research and development.