Chapter 216 Bottleneck of Mass Production
The in vitro culture of hematopoietic stem cells is indeed a new technology, and it will take time for hospitals and patients to quickly accept it.
It can be said that most of the patients who will choose this technology first are acute patients whose matching has failed and who cannot wait.
Some patients who are not in urgent need of matching will definitely wait and see.
Especially for patients from abroad, they do have some doubts and suspicions.
As long as there are corresponding opinions, there will always be people who believe in them.
However, this time, because of Huanuo's outrageous actions, the matter was made known to everyone, and after Umbrella's counterattack, it immediately became a wave of free advertising!
At this time, Wang Yi was reinforcing the Mage Tower while trying to generalize the experiment of cultivating myocardial cells.
He has completed self-enhancement by using his own magic power, but trying to turn this into a product that can be promoted with the help of an ordinary silver magic circle still caused Wang Yi unexpected trouble.
"Tsk~, it really can only be used in a small area."
Wang Yi couldn't help but sigh after looking at the cardiomyocytes cultivated on the experimental platform in front of him.
There is still a difference between laboratory products and things that can be popularized, especially when magic is added.
Even if he adjusted the proportions of the culture medium, it would still be problematic and the efficiency would be quite low.
With this kind of efficiency, the cost required is absolutely astronomical, which is out of reach for all ordinary families.
Even he couldn't solve the problem of lazy magic in the present world .
"If we really want to make it accessible to ordinary people, perhaps an artificial heart is a more cost-effective answer."
As for the myocardial cells, Wang Yi has already completed self-cracking and strengthening. He will definitely not spend too much time and energy on it. The results in front of him are almost the ultimate results in a long time.
However, he felt that it was not enough to just make this thing. It could only be used by rich people. He always felt that it was not enough, so he thought of the artificial heart.
Artificial organs are nothing new. In fact, artificial hearts have already appeared and are being used by patients. ECMO can provide extracorporeal circulation for patients with heart and lung failure, allowing them to survive.
Going a step further, dialysis machines have prolonged the lives of many people and can also be used to develop artificial kidneys.
It’s just that artificial organs are still quite expensive.
However, unlike myocardial cell cultivation, it is not difficult to lower the price of things that can be mechanized and mass-produced as long as the production technology and output are improved.
Why are developed countries so developed? Because they have mastered the production of high-profit value-added products.
Even for chips, the unit price is just like this after mass production. No one says that they can't afford to buy a chip.
However, when we think of artificial organs, one topic that immediately comes up is the battery issue.
In other words, many technologies are actually suppressed by the limitations , such as the battery life of mobile phones, electric vehicles, and so on. From household appliances to space stations, batteries may seem insignificant but are involved in all aspects.
Wang Yi actually had some ideas in this regard a long time ago. After all, electrical energy is an extremely common and convenient conversion of modern energy. Even magic power can produce many connections after being activated.
Even at present, the only means available to humans for external intervention and observation is electromagnetic force.
Strength, weakness and attraction are all objectively present, and at least they cannot be used by us.
"Hydrogen, lithium, and sodium actually all have their own advantages and disadvantages. The reserves of lithium are indeed too small, but lithium battery technology is mature and it is easier to modify it..."
Wang Yi left the culture dish of myocardial cells, came to another test bench, and picked up a small piece of metal Li-Ag lithium-silver alloy!
This is also one of the reasons why Wang Yi decisively gave up the idea even though hydrogen fuel cells clearly have greater potential, but Toyota only proposed the condition of technology sharing.
Lithium batteries require much less thought from him, and Wang Yi doesn't even need to make any major changes.
Lithium batteries are actually classified into two types: one is lithium metal battery and the other is lithium ion battery.
Lithium-ion batteries generally use lithium alloy metal oxide as the positive electrode material, graphite as the negative electrode material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. This is also the lithium battery we most commonly mention in our daily lives, such as the 18650 lithium battery.
Lithium metal batteries generally use manganese dioxide as the positive electrode material, metallic lithium or its alloy metal as the negative electrode material, and use a non-aqueous electrolyte solution.
In fact, lithium metal itself is an extremely excellent negative electrode material, with a theoretical capacity of up to 3860mAh/g. However, lithium itself is too active. Not only is it easy to form dendrites during charging and discharging, causing dangerous situations such as short circuits, it is also easy to react with air.
However, all Wang Yi needs to do now is to set up a targeted magic array in the production workshop to interfere with the influence of the trace amount of silver in the Li-Ag alloy!
Suppress the activity of lithium while retaining its excellent negative electrode characteristics!
And since silver is involved, Wang Yi has a way to modify the lithium battery.
Just be careful and don't do anything shady that violates the law of conservation of energy.
Taking gasoline as an example, its energy density is currently converted to about 12,000wh/kg. Even if the conversion power of the internal combustion engine itself is limited and there is a discount, it is still not in the same order of magnitude compared to the energy density of 100-150wh/kg of commercialized lithium batteries.
Nowadays, lithium batteries are sufficient for small appliances such as mobile phones, but once they are used in the automotive field, they can only rely on continuously increasing the weight of the battery to ensure battery life.
It can be said that the whole person is sitting on the battery!
However, lithium batteries themselves are not resistant to high temperatures and impacts, and there are potential risks even if they are well protected.
Under such circumstances, many people will naturally become anxious about the prospects of new energy vehicles, especially range anxiety and safety anxiety.
But of course, since this direction has been chosen, new energy must have its own advantages. There is no need to say much about the energy aspect, which is the main reason for its rise. On the other hand, the electric motor is simple and not at all complicated like a fuel vehicle.
Therefore, as long as the battery problem can be solved, the prospects for new energy vehicles will definitely be explosive!
Even though the problem has not been completely solved, it has been achieved by relying on this pitiful energy density.
Because Li-Ag alloy is a bug for Wang Yi, what he needs to consider now is to make the battery as convenient for mass production as possible while ensuring the conservation of energy.
For example, now, Wang Yi has manually produced a lithium battery with an energy density of 8100wh/kg and can be charged quickly. Although it is still not as energy dense as gasoline, if this thing is released, it will ensure that the Nobel Prize will be awarded ahead of schedule.
However, this is the case when Wang Yi cast the spell himself. In a normal factory workshop, it is impossible for him to squat in the machine and continuously buff the new batteries, so he can only adopt a magic array mass production mode similar to that of culture medium.
Because of the laziness of natural magic, the efficiency will of course be greatly reduced.
Fortunately, the existence of Li-Ag alloy can help solve many problems.
"The requirements for mass production are not high. It would be barely enough if we could retain one-tenth of the energy density."
Wang Yi played with the thing in his hand for a while and then put it down.
Whether it is myocardial cell cultivation or the battery just now, they are still stuck at the level of mass production. However, relatively speaking, there is no big problem for batteries to sacrifice performance in exchange for mass production.
Cardiomyocytes cannot do this...
So regarding the battery issue, Umbrella has already arranged to acquire some related manufacturers, so that once the mass production design is passed, it can be put into commercial use immediately.
After stretching his muscles, Wang Yi was ready to go out for a short rest. Staying in the laboratory for too long could easily lead to a state of inspiration exhaustion, which could not be compensated by turning on overclocking.
But the good thing now is that the "magic number" theory has been thrown out, and gradually more and more mathematical papers under the "magic number" framework have been published.
Now it is not just those top mathematicians, some PhDs have also started to write papers in this direction.
Although they are just water papers, these papers that are obviously used to make up the numbers often really make Wang Yi's eyes light up.
After all, the other party may not think this is practical, but Wang Yi can use it in the operation of magic power.
Batteries and cardiomyocytes are actually affected by magic numbers.
Moreover, with Wang Yi's reputation and Umbrella's 'Red Queen', he can often openly invite some mathematicians to help, which makes Wang Yi feel very happy...
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"The eldest wife is currently reshooting scenes on the set, and the little licker is in a meeting. Should we notify them?"
After Wang Yi came out of the laboratory, Lin Shiqin gave a reminder.
Lin Shiqin, who often cooks porridge for Wang Yi, has more contact with the two of them than Wang Yi himself.
"How's the filming of Starry Sky going?"
"The filming process is almost done, and we are still adding some final shots. But it's not good to do the special effects too quickly, right?"
Lin Shiqin asked.
Generally speaking, it is normal for film and television companies to delay special effects for a year.
"It doesn't matter. The special effects company is now owned by Umbrella anyway. Just treat it as a good job for Red Queen and expand its business at the same time."
"Okay, Star World is the first game that Red Queen participated in, and Star World is the first movie. It seems normal."
In fact, many of the background settings in "Starry Sky World" were incorporated and expanded after Lin Shiqin read the script of "Starry Sky".
When the game "Starry Sky World" came out, Ning Mu tried it and was completely stunned. He never thought that there would be such a thoughtful game!
Because of this, he changed a lot of shots himself, and now Liu Xiaoke is actually reshooting because of the changes.
At present, the movie "Starry Sky" and "Starry Sky World" are highly compatible!
It can be said that taking advantage of the popularity of "Star World" and the special effects of the first film produced by "Red Queen", a lot of publicity expenses can be saved.
"That's right. We need to change the atmosphere of the movie. If they are all busy, there is no need to call them. We can find a few recommended restaurants and go out for food."
"In fact, if the boss becomes a food anchor, he will definitely become popular."
"Haha, really?"
