[Strong and sharp] the original research career of Di Renjie (spoiler careful !)

Last night, after reading "the entire empire of Di Renjie", I suddenly had a new idea about the future research direction of biomass energy. Then I lay in bed and thought about it for a while. I found that it is not just new energy, the film also involves many cutting-edge fields of ancient scientific research. It is an excellent film that shows the scientific and cultural aspects of ShengTang. Today, I can't help but record my post feelings. I don't waste two hours to pay tribute to my ancestors.

 

Science and technology products have appeared many times in this film, and some places even play a crucial role in the plot promotion: Di Renjie came out with a math, Wu Zetian's main hall lighting with fluorescent materials, when witnesses are attacked, they are threatened by precision-guided wooden piles, targeted torpedo weapons, remote control small flying robots, and other weapons. Even terrorists are as well-trained as they were when creating "911" incidents, understand how to study load-bearing components of a building.

 

Of course, the smart creation of Datang people will not make modern people too embarrassed. We can also implement these technologies, although the details may be rough. For example, Dr. Di's hi-Dragon hacker is actually an ultrasonic flaw detector. There are two security engineering labs in our school, it just cannot be powered by solar power like him, high-strength, portable.

 

However, one of the technologies in the film is indeed the core technology of the film: burning people. Since the first self-immolation incident, I have been dreaming about how much progress will be made in renewable energy development if biomass energy can be used. A substance with a high moisture content like a person can burn so fast that it is so transparent that straw fermentation and ethanol fuel cell have become a piece of cake. More importantly, waste incineration power plants no longer need pre-drying, or adding coal or straw to the garbage to increase the calorific value, not only saving a large part of the cost, but also reducing the secondary pollution of landfill leachate.

 

So I couldn't help but make a simple analysis of this technology in front of the screen: Considering the self-burning effect caused by the victim's exposure to a trace of poison, the function of this poison in the whole reaction should be a catalyst, instead of the reagent. As the film advances, it is found that the victim will burn after being exposed to light, so it should be a photosensitive catalytic reaction. Therefore, the key is to identify the biocatalyst extracted from the "Golden Turtle chiyan. Unfortunately, the analysis is basically the end of the road. This creature is probably extinct with the end of the movie, so it is really necessary to protect species!

 

Is it possible to dig deeper? People who are self-immoled by insects and metabolites such as the golden turtle of chiyan will find that the catalytic combustion reaction will occur in both skin and digestive tract contact, the catalyst is not degraded by the gastrointestinal tract, and its properties should be relatively stable. The enzymes that drive the catalytic function in organisms are usually proteins. after entering the human digestive tract, they are easily degraded into various residues and even amino acids. The proteins that are not easy to degrade usually contain some metal complexes. Considering that the electronic holes of some metal ions are often the medium of photosensitive reaction, I strongly suspect that the conversion function of driving biomass is a metal receptor of a certain protein produced by the golden turtle.

 

Even if you think of this, it is useless to study the existing biomass. The order of amino acids determines the structure and function of the protein, because the disappearance of this creature, we have no idea about the genetic information of this protein, and it is impossible to synthesize it manually.

 

Is there any possibility of finding a creature with the same function in nature? I'm afraid it's hard. The golden tortoises of chiyan are excited. I doubt what kind of evolutionary power will lead to the emergence of such a species. This kind of trait can't help the reproduction of the population. Of course, there is no wonder in the biological world. We can discover such a wonderful species to create humans.

But at least for now, the photosensitive Catalytic Combustion of this organic matter is still a beautiful dream in the eyes of modern people.

 

Speaking of my dreams, when I was a child, I wanted to be a movie player or something, because people say that a movie is a dream. Later, I found that my qualifications were too poor and I was not so bad as to be eye-catching, so I had to leave it alone. Now I have become a scientific practitioner, but it is also a compromise on reality. After all, if you continue to focus on research and live long enough, you will be able to see some of your dreams come true.

(Reposted from: Science Squirrel Club)