Singularity approaching: The Rise of "black Science and Technology" community in China

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With basic technology in the emerging hyper-materials field, light has the ambition to change the world. On this road, he will face the world's top elites and companies, institutions of the sniper and competition, his opponents include Google, Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Defense-supported cutting-edge research institutions.

Liu Joppeng A quote from Tesla founder Master in the circle of Micro-trust friends: It is important that we use the "first principles of thinking" instead of "comparative thinking" to think. We tend to compare in our lives--someone else has done it or is doing it, and we do it. The result is a small iterative development. The "First principle" way of thinking is to look at the world from the perspective of physics, that is, to peel off the appearance of things, to see the essence of the inside, and then from the essence of a layer upward.

In his view, all of the past, is in response to the light of the challenge comes from the "0" of the world, and what the light is doing is going back to "1."

February 24, 2015, was selected the world's best invention, focus on the production of human first single upright control flight equipment Martin flying jet package company on the Australian Stock Exchange main Board listing (stock code for ASX:MJP).

The big boss of the Australian-tipped company is Liu Joppeng's light Science (stock code: 00439). HK). At the end of last year, it held 52% per cent of its shares through investment acquisitions.

One months ago, light Kai in its Shenzhen Apollo base flying "cloud" airship, achieved 4000 meters high air Wi-Fi signal transmission, marine information monitoring and other tasks.

In Liu Joppeng's mind, China's "industrial realization" is only a time to participate in the iterative development of the era should be past, he and his team from the concern for the nature of human progress, the human intelligence activities as a means of human evolution in vitro, persistent in subversive innovation.

With basic technology in the emerging hyper-materials field, light has the ambition to change the world. On this road, he will face the world's top elites and companies, institutions of the sniper and competition, his opponents include Google, Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Defense-supported cutting-edge research institutions.

"Change the World" product

What is Martin's jet bag? Put it on and you can think of yourself as "Iron Man." In other words, its emergence, or will open up the personal flying era, subversion of our current understanding of space transport.

According to the introduction, Martin Jet package can be vertical take-off and landing, can also be fast forward. The latest version of the Martin Jet, with a payload of 120 kg and a maximum total weight of 320 kg, is powered by a 200 hp petrol engine. The first delivery of the product can be 74 kilometers of the highest speed, continuous flight for 30 minutes. The price is about 200,000 dollars.

In the eyes of the light, Martin's jet-jetting technology is subversive and somewhat similar to a helicopter that just came out of the helicopter, but what the helicopters do is that the compact Martin Jet package can operate in cramped spaces, such as moving between buildings or building and tree-like flights.

Founded only 5 years of light, dedicated to "change the world of innovation." The acquisition of the Martin Jet package such a company, light is aimed at is to create a new space services full product chain.

On the day after signing a deal with Martin, the science also signed a letter of intent with The Sun Ark, a Canadian "0 fuel" low-level transport producer. Light Kai Science will gradually hold the Sun Ark, joint research and development and manufacture of new transport platform.

In addition to these two blocks, the most "space sense" business is the "cloud" and "Voyager" two airship.

A clear night in February 2015, the Silvery "cloud" at the Apollo base in Longgang District, Shenzhen, completed its first flight test.

That night, through the Helium buoyancy system, the 48-meter-tall, 20-meter "cloud" rose to thousands of meters high, not only taking a wide-angle 1080p HD image, but also sending WiFi signals to 8000 square kilometres (the equivalent of twice times the area of Hong Kong and Shenzhen). and real-time access to the Shenzhen around the radius of more than 200 kilometers in the sea, 28 countries ship information. Compared with the traditional platform, its monitoring area increased by 9 times times.

The Voyager is scheduled to launch in New Zealand in the second half of the year, according to the company's plan. The Voyager will fly higher than the cloud and into the near space.

Near Space (Near) refers to the area between the flight space of the ordinary aircraft and the orbital space of the spacecraft, which is generally defined as the airspace from the ground 20~100 kilometer, which is not yet utilized by the human being because of the technology.

Even more encouraging for the brave is that Voyager is aiming at manned space travel. "Up and down altogether 5 hours. Liu Joppeng once said that proposing a proposal may be a good choice.

All of these extreme cool products depict a highly sci-fi style of life and production. And the foundation of these scenarios is the technological foundation on which technology and many of its rivals dream and work.

In these scenarios, the application of the super material is the basis.

Super Material Competition

The "cloud" test is a race against Google balloons ' global Wi-Fi program. Unlike Google balloons, the "cloud" skin material uses an exclusive research and development super material. The skin material will also be used in the "Voyager", which is to be launched in the second half of the light.

The Voyager will be a complete proximity to the space shuttle. At present, a number of countries and institutions in the world to increase the development of such aircraft, who would like to take a step earlier than others to occupy this uncultivated virgin land.

According to Wang Changhui, an associate professor of aerospace propulsion at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the U.S. Department of Defense has invested with Lockheed-Martin to develop the HAA airship;

In addition, the United States has launched a project, planned at the height of 30.5km, by a number of airships to form a permanent high-altitude floating platform, as spacecraft from the ground to the orbit between the High-altitude transfer station, the flight equipment replenishment stations, long-distance operation of radio relay stations.

Japan's flat laminar flow platform project is also accelerating. The country plans to complete the development of a 200-metre-long, 20km-high craft in 2016.

Wang Changhui points out that the primary key technological breakthrough for such space vehicles is material. The skin material near the airship requires light and high strength, anti-aging, anti-ultraviolet, and good sealing of helium. In addition, new energy technologies must be developed for use on aircraft.

The reverse-engineered skin material is the key to the high profile of the light on the approaching space flight. Through the technology of metamaterials, people can reverse design the electromagnetic properties of materials for the application demand, so as to obtain the artificial composite structure or composite material which is not possessed by natural materials.

The material became an independent discipline around 2000, and Liu Joppeng also began to touch the material at this time.

Debao, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, believes that the development of materials for aerospace, national defense and civil science and technology indicates that new materials will become a very important entry point and direction in scientific research, which will bring impact and influence to many fields and produce new industries, which is of far-reaching significance.

Professor Zhou Ji, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University is an expert on "super material" research in China earlier. He believes that the design of traditional materials within the scope of natural materials, design space is limited, and the design of the space is very large, it can transcend the function of natural materials.

Among them, the most direct application is military "stealth". In the 2009, the founding team in the United States Duke University in the "Science" magazine published in the "wide-band super material stealth clothing design and preparation" paper, become a milestone in the field of materials development.

Since then, the U.S. military has established that materials technology will be the first to apply to the most advanced military equipment. The U.S. Defense Secretary's Office (asd-r&e) classified the materials as one of the "six major subversive basic research areas", and the U.S. Air Force Research Office (AFOSR) included the materials in the "Top Ten Key Areas" (Ten focus Areas) , DARPA (Department of Defense Advanced Research Program) defines the material as a "force for Growth" (thrust area).

Since 2012-2014, the Department of Defense's "Multidisciplinary University Research Innovation Program" (MURI) project has new projects and new advances in materials each year. In addition, NATO, Russia, Japan and so on are also in the military to promote the breakthrough and use of materials technology.

China has also been supporting the project in the projects of 863, 973, National Natural Science Foundation, new material and so on.

2011, the National Science and Technology department relies on the Shenzhen Light Kai Institute of Advanced Science and technology to set up the state key laboratory of electromagnetic modulation of materials. In addition, 1 Guangdong Engineering Laboratories, 1 key laboratories in Guangdong Province and a series of Shenzhen key laboratories and engineering laboratories have been established, focusing on the research of materials and electromagnetic modulation technology.

Guangqi is the furthest in application and synchronized with the world. As of June 2014, light Kai applied for a core patent of more than 2,600 pieces, accounting for the past ten years in the field of patent applications 86%.

It is little known that, since returning home, Liu Joppeng has never been contacted by Professor David Smith, one of the world's most important researchers in the field of nanomaterials, with his mentor at Duke University in the United States.

"Cannot be contacted because it involves the deadliest core competition between China and the US." Liu Joppeng told the 21st century economics reporter.

Light Dream

With a military mission, Liu Joppeng and his team are more committed to the widespread use of materials technology.

The 21st century economic reporter learned that Martin has now signed with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Ministry of Defence and some state governments to give priority to the U.S. Rapid Response division to provide flight kits for search and rescue, security, vigilance, ambulance and fire, and the Personal edition is also being booked and is expected to be listed in 2017.

2014, the Science of Light and the Republic of Africa signed a strategic framework agreement, the company uses the "cloud" technology, the country to provide high-speed low-cost high quality WiFi (wireless communication) full coverage of services to help it achieve popular access to the general public, the realization of high-quality Low-cost national Satellite Radio and television network coverage.

According to the agreement, the initial investment of the science in the local joint venture company in three years has been drawn up for not less than 1 billion U.S. dollars; the initial target of revenue for the first three years will be about 500 million US dollars to 600 million US dollars a year, starting from the fifth year, the target of operating income is about 1.2 billion to

Although the internet has swept the globe, there are actually about 4 billion people who do not have Internet access. Only sub-Saharan Africa, CITIC Securities research that its 2013 overall mobile-related market income of about 75 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for about 5.4% of the overall GDP, is expected to increase to 104 billion U.S. dollars in 2020, about 6.2% of GDP, and if the "cloud" Such technology can be quickly matured and is expected to share 20% to 40% of the market share of the entire market.

Light Kai Science recently also announced that the company has with the BA song Shipping companies on the improvement of the "cloud" space technology in the maritime field of the application program, as well as in the future in the maritime field of business cooperation issues, concluded a strategic cooperation framework agreement.

Liu Joppeng that this kind of cooperation, open is the ocean big data age.

At present, the vast ocean is actually not connected to the Internet. "It's not much wrong to be able to write emails on the ship," he said. "An ocean crew told the 21st century economic reporter that because of the limited bandwidth and high cost of maritime satellite communications, they were basically" lost "to the world on their boat.

And if the communication can be facilitated, it will provide great convenience for ship dispatching and can greatly improve the economy. "For example, when the ship is moving, the fuel consumption is 3 times higher than the speed, that is to say, the speed increases by one times, the fuel consumption will increase eight times times." All ships from 100 nautical miles to enter Hong Kong, can quickly come, but the port may be crowded, can not enter Hong Kong, waiting every day to spend a lot of money, if the schedule is good, can be the most economic speed into Hong Kong. "Liu Joppeng said.

In Liu Joppeng view, now the Internet, information, intelligence is actually the same as the human expansion of the year, the first is in a small city, in the local area network, a little, like a tribe, and then is constantly outward expansion, first major main road Unicom world, then the sea, space. "I think the big Ocean data era is coming soon," he said. ”

According to Citic Securities Research, the future of the "cloud" aircraft such as the ocean communications market will be to the size of 5.01 trillion of dollars.

Generally speaking, because of the low launch cost and the advantages of the near ground, it will gradually replace the many applications of the satellite, and can solve the high cost problem of ground base station construction. The previous study concluded that its technical maturity will bring 75 billion-130 billion U.S. dollars in annual operating income.

As these technologies and revenues need to be phased out, the CITIC Securities forecast for 2014 and 2015 could still be a loss-making science. Nevertheless, Liu Joppeng recently to the 21st century Economic report reporter revealed that the recent light to open a new round of the scientific plan, if successfully completed, the company account will be more than 2.5 billion HKD cash.

"Now the science of Light in Australia holding a listed company, with the cloud, Voyager, and other 5 major product lines, there are applications or authorized a number of related patents, the account also has more than 4 billion HKD cash." Liu Joppeng said, "Last year when the science went public, we thought he was a shell company, yes." But now this second light is again considered a shell company, is unfair. "(Edit Zhengsheng)