The planning of the deep-sea community's individual members require over ten kinds of materials, nine of which have already met the preset standards, with five kinds even far exceeding the previously set benchmarks.
Clearly, the emergence of the large model of intelligent materials has greatly stimulated the imagination of material researchers.
Many materials have even begun to explore applications in drones, large aircraft, and various types of ships under construction.
It's understandable, since there's no need for humans to constantly stay in the lab and repeat experiments, as most of the work is completed by supercomputers. With detailed experimental processes to guide them, the verification process is even more motivating.
All these consequences have perhaps led to a national scramble for computing power, with the leasing price of computing power skyrocketing. The stock prices of Huaxia server manufacturers began to soar, the market demand for chips fell into chaos, and the prices of various acceleration computation cards shot up.
In addition to advances in materials, with the help of Dou Dou, the specific architecture and design of the deep-sea cluster have also begun to take shape.
To be specific, the future deep-sea cluster scientific research and exploration system will consist of two types of unmanned drone models, the "Bearer" and the "Explorer."
The Bearer can be thought of as the mother body of the deep-sea cluster, larger in size, with an area of about 100 square meters when fully deployed. Each Bearer is a node or hub of cluster control.
The functions of the mother body are powerful, not only having a complete sonar system but also including an underwater camera, underwater acoustic sensors, underwater magnetometers, underwater positioning systems, super-large-capacity batteries, and satellite signal transceivers, among others...
At the same time, each Bearer also has a hundred bays, capable of providing power to a hundred Explorers in emergency situations, and recover any malfunctioning Explorers.
Each Bearer can control 300 units of Explorers.
The construction and functionality of the Explorers are much simpler, mainly equipped with underwater detection equipment and robotic arms. For the purpose of underwater scientific research exploration, they also have a self-destruct function.
In simple terms, the future command platform for deep-sea cluster scientific research and exploration will issue mission commands directly to the Bearers via satellite communication. The somewhat intelligent Bearers will then control the extremely cost-effective Explorers to complete tasks.
Also, since the Bearers are somewhat intelligent, multiple Bearers can collaborate on multi-tasks. Thanks to satellite communication, theoretically, the number of Bearers cooperating in executing missions is nearly unlimited – depending on how many are deployed into the ocean.
Since they need to operate on the seabed for extended periods, various methods of charging, storing, and conserving energy have been incorporated. For example, the internal materials of the Bearers and Explorers can be charged through temperature differences.
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In silent mode, a squadron of three hundred units controlled by one Bearer doesn't need to consume much electricity.
When long-distance missions are required, the Bearer is also capable of automatically adapting to the ocean currents below, planning the most power-conserving route.
The most important thing is their excellent pressure resistance.
With a frame made of materials even stronger than titanium alloy and structural design, they can dive directly into the depths of the ocean at 3,000 meters under extreme conditions.
Under ideal conditions, the design life span of a Bearer is fifteen years.
And the cost calculation turns out to be quite economical. Without accounting for development costs and equipment investments, the future production cost of a Bearer is estimated to be between 3 to 5 million RMB, while the Explorers are even cheaper, with the cost of a single unit potentially being controlled to less than 100,000 RMB.
If Qiao Ze's plans were to be implemented, then compared to future demand, the costs for research and development as well as initial equipment investments could be considered negligible.
After all, the ocean is too vast.
Exploring the entire seabed topology requires an astronomically large number of underwater unmanned clusters. The efficiency brought by mass production could cover the costs. As for the funding source…
Well, innovation in material science could solve most of the problems. It's not just domestic demand that matters, but also international demand.
For instance, the self-repairing paint that Su Lixing wanted today would likely be needed by many foreign car manufacturers if it were used extensively in the future; it should sell well.
Even if this kind of car paint was not sold internationally after production, it would greatly strengthen the competitiveness of Huaxia's domestic brands in the market.
Similarly, high-standard new building materials are not only useful to Huaxia. Earthquake zones abroad are also numerous, especially in countries located near volcanoes; materials that could raise the standards of earthquake resistance by a great extent would undoubtedly have some attraction, right?
Of course, there are many such materials, which, in theory, can make the world a better place, but also more frightening.
Moreover, focusing suddenly on new materials, as part of the fourth industrial revolution represented by artificial intelligence, makes sense and aligns with the predictions of many. It's foreseeable that the chain reactions spawned by the new materials will cause interesting changes in the global market.
For ordinary people living in the era of the industrial revolution, it feels like job opportunities have become more abundant and more stable. Even due to the widespread staffing shortages where companies compete for workers, bosses are becoming unexpectedly generous, more willing to offer pay raises, and might even volunteer to pay for overtime.