"What is this thing?" Chen Xin held a project list, looking at the latest batch of research project products delivered to the research center, with a sowhat strange expression on his face.
It's not that he was dissatisfied with his work, but rather that the item before him was indeed sowhat peculiar.
"Uh, this is..." A staff mber next to him quickly took out another list for verification. After finding the corresponding number, he hurriedly said, "This is the latest outdoor survival pod developed by the Disaster Response Research Institute.
It's designed for scientific expeditions and exploration teams to carry so that they can quickly set up a shelter that provides them with so protection and a living space in case of special situations."
"I understand the description." Chen Xin replied to the staff with a touch of irritation. Although grateful for the explanation, he couldn't help but be at a loss for words regarding the so-called outdoor survival pod's appearance in front of him.
Because the so-called outdoor survival pod looked like a deflated balloon, as though it had been flattened and vacuud.
To find a comparable description, it was like a fresh, juicy radish turned into an old preserved radish, the kind that's been pickled for ten years.
Especially since this might just be a laboratory technology validation prototype by the Disaster Response Research Institute, resulting in a lack of attention to its design and color. The pitch-black outer shell made it even more like an old preserved radish.
It's no wonder then that Chen Xin would complain since it indeed doesn't look like a high-tech product.
However, despite his complaints, Chen Xin wouldn't underestimate this item, nor have any disdain for it.
He just said to the staff mber next to him, "Send these to my lab, and also, is there a manual for this thing? If there is, find it."
"Yes, Academician." The staff mber nodded quickly, then turned to search through the items delivered alongside this "old radish" and found the accompanying user manual, handing it to Chen Xin.
Holding the manual, Chen Xin walked towards his lab while reading the instructions.
The Disaster Response Research Institute is a new research institution established by the state after the disaster, ford by rging several related institutions that existed before the disaster, and it's primarily responsible for developing various ergency rescue products for disaster environnts.
After all, the environnt now is different from the past, and many ergency rescue items need to be redesigned.
The outdoor survival pod they've sent is one of their latest designed ergency rescue items, accompanied by so other outdoor survival tools, making up a complete set of outdoor survival equipnt.
The old preserved radish state of this outdoor survival pod isn't its original appearance.
According to the Disaster Response Research Institute's design, this outdoor survival pod is usually in a compressed, vacuum state when folded. When needed, one only has to pull the tab, and it will inflate completely within a minute, becoming a small hard-shelled spherical tent that can accommodate two people sitting inside.
That's why Chen Xin saw an old preserved radish.
Due to material limitations, since it needed to be vacuum folded and compressed, yet still have enough strength to support a hard spherical shape upon inflation, the research personnel had to fill the outer material with special materials.
This is a newly developed non-Newtonian fluid material, which is a liquid gel under normal conditions, but once subjected to significant deformation and pressure, it hardens.
This is also the principle behind the new liquid protective suit and bulletproof vests, which beco solid instantly upon impact, providing strong defensive capabilities.
However, things made in this way... end up looking like an old preserved radish.
Now Chen Xin's job is to improve it, making it more convenient to use, and more importantly, easier to carry.
After all, as ergency rescue equipnt, it cannot be too heavy since it cannot be deflated and compressed again after inflating, making it a disposable item.
Even though outdoor workers carrying it should be equipped with an exoskeleton as auxiliary equipnt, which grants them more carrying capacity compared to ordinary individuals relying solely on physical strength, the ability to carry more weight does not imply that one can carry an unlimited amount, and volu capacity is also a factor.
The ideal state should be like the survival balls used in "Wandering Earth," which could be compressed to their limit, about the size of a thermos, and could be thrown out to inflate imdiately into a ball accommodating two or three people, capable of withstanding external impacts.
But that is a sci-fi movie, and with current technology, the material problem cannot be solved.
Although there are similar inflatable balls in reality, they clearly are not the type that can inflate by themselves when thrown, given their complex internal structures and extensive material use, which also makes them unable to be compressed to a small size.
That's why what appeared in front of Chen Xin was an old radish instead of a compressed package.
Though the internal part of this outdoor survival pod can be vacuud, the non-Newtonian liquid material in the outer wall cannot withstand large pressure hits, otherwise, it hardens and becos unusable. Hence, it cannot withstand great compression pressure in its compact state, preventing it from being compressed to its limit.
The researchers at the Disaster Response Research Institute have done their best within their capacity, and tried as much as possible to et the initial design requirents in its design. Although this old radish looks unappealing, it has actually t the most basic requirents.
Yet, volu, weight, and ease of use are aspects requiring extensive improvent, and it might take two to three years under normal circumstances for them to produce a relatively mature product.
The fact that it was sent to Chen Xin indicates that this improvent process can undoubtedly be accelerated to its utmost.
After reading the user manual, Chen Xin had a sufficient understanding of the old radish.
The Disaster Response Research Institute's design had no issues, and this thing is quite practical. The proposed improvents are very clear, and handling this isn't a particularly challenging task for Chen Xin.
By now, he already had an upgrade plan for this outdoor survival pod in his mind.
Material changes are obviously not suitable, and after handling this kind of work for so long, Chen Xin clearly knew that while systematic upgrade functions are good, if he opens his mind too widely and directly upgrades the materials to sothing that modern technology can't produce or is extrely difficult to produce, it would undoubtedly make an originally usable product unusable.
After all, the most critical question determining whether a product can be applied is whether it can be mass-produced.
So this ti, he will avoid altering the materials as much as possible, instead making the outdoor survival pod more practical by adjusting its structure.
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