Release date: 2015-11-16
Wicab is a startup based in Wisconsin, USA. The company's name is estimated to be few people, but what they are doing is definitely opening the God model.
But for those who know its name, it may have been waiting for it for five years...
You have to ask why? That is, they developed a reverse-attack artifact - the blind device BrainStream.
(BrainPort complete equipment)
What kind of artifact is this, and how much can it be against the sky?
If you simply summarize it in one sentence, BrainPort can make the blind "re-read the light"!
Although it does not really let the blind reopen the world, it does make people think about it. It is indeed what God should do.
From the appearance, the artifact BrainPort is not much different from ordinary sunglasses, except that there is a miniature camera on the glasses for capturing images and images.
These images and screen information are then transmitted to the brain through a tongue sensor.
Yes, use! tongue! head!
This sensor film converts the received image into an electrical pulse signal, continually stimulates the tongue, and then transmits the image through the tongue to the visual nerve center of the brain.
The user does not have to worry about pain, because the electric pulse signal of the sensor sheet is said to produce a blasting feeling like a champagne bubble on the tip of the tongue, so that some people call the sensor piece "lollipop".
(The tongue sensor is covered with an electrode array)
The biggest technological content of BrainPort is that it encodes the signal to the brain in exactly the same way as the optic nerve transmission signal of the human eye. This is how it can replace the optic nerve for signal transmission.
And because of the use of the tongue to "see", BrainPort no longer needs to implant chips or electrodes in the retina or brain of the blind compared to other companies' so-called blinding systems, eliminating the need for surgery. risk.
Of course, the most important thing is that compared to those "PPT startups" that only have the concept of not even the shadow of the product, Wicab not only made BrainPort, but also got the FDA's marketing license, which is really an artifact that can be bought. .
In July last year, there were media reports in the country that Shanxi was stunned by the eyes of a boy wearing an "electronic eye" to restore sight. It was a sensation. The "electronic eye" that was said at the time was BrainPort.
(In 2014, Shanxi Boy Xiaobinbin tried BrainPort and successfully restored vision)
However, using the tongue to feel the electric pulse does not seem to be very clear. It seems to be very complicated. Isn't everyone able to master it?
Moreover, its use is far simpler than many people think, blind people only need a few hours or even less training, you can use BrainPort.
At the same time, its effect is very against the sky, so that Zhao Ritian has to say, I Ye Liangchen served!
At the blind school in Beijing, with the help of BrainPort, the children of the blind school can not only identify obstacles, resume autonomous actions, but also perform various entertainment activities such as darts, billiards and basketball.
Even more shocking effect: children can already learn Chinese characters!
By the way, can you make such a bad thing, what is the background of this Wicab company?
Simple and simple. From the information that can be found, Wicab was first founded in 2002 by the University of Wisconsin professor Paul Bach-y-Rita. This professor is one of the founders of the important "neural plasticity" theory in the field of cognitive science. His story is written in the book "The Brain Can Be Changed"
In fact, the relevant academic papers of Bartrica's Great God were published as early as 1996, but it was not until 2006 that commercialization and productization began.
Unfortunately, Professor Bartrica did not insist on seeing this cause grow up. He died in 2006 due to cancer.
In 2004, he knew that he would soon find his current CEO, Bob Beckman, entrusting the company to him.
Robert Beckman, the old man, is also a big cow. He was originally a CFO of a pioneering medical device company. The company has already been listed. He was financially free to support the elderly, but he received the support of Professor Bartrica, and he could only regain his burden. .
Today, after 11 years, this product has finally blossomed and went global.
(University of Wisconsin Professor Bartrica)
The first to look at this project is Google and the US Department of Defense.
Among them, Google gave Wicab $2.5 million, because Google founders such as Larry felt that this technology could benefit the society; the US Department of Defense also provided nearly $10 million in front and back, hoping to help the United States because of war blindness through this research. soldier.
Since then, Wica has also received two financings from the Great Fund and Haiyin Capital, respectively, the number is unknown. Among them, Haiyin Capital is a pure background of Chinese private capital.
It is worth noting that the two moneys of Google and the US Department of Defense are all freely funded research funds, not investment, and do not occupy shares, so Haiyin Capital is the real, Wicab's first institutional investor. .
Therefore, we can also say that this can also be regarded as a high-tech company invested by Chinese people.
(Investing in Wicab's founder of Haiyin Capital, Wang Yiquan)
In 2010, the first generation of BrainPort V100 was officially released, and in June 2015, it was awarded the US FDA. Prior to this, BrainPort was approved for listing in the European Union and Canada a few years ago.
Now, with the approval of the US FDA, it has begun to promote its global listing.
Recently, Wicab stated that their CEO Robert Beckman will come to China in November to introduce BrainPort to Chinese local tyrants - I deeply feel that we are far from the phrase "Chinese people want to buy the whole world" The closer it is.
Of course, the father is said to have been to China several times in the past few years.
However, at that time, he did not get the FDA listing permit. According to the regulations governing the import of medical devices in China, he could not go on sale, so he came along.
You can only do science first.
This time, with the permission of the US FDA, it seems that Robert Beckman has returned to the blood tank, ready to really team up to brush the Chinese copy.
However, if you want to land in China, you can't play with one person. You have to find some small partners and you can set up a team.
It is said that Haiyin Capital is helping Wicab to find more Chinese investors and partners, intends to build a factory in China to produce BrainPort, and is still applying for approval from the China Food and Drug Administration, hoping to introduce BrainPort into China as soon as possible.
This idea is not difficult to understand. Fathers come to China not only to do public welfare, but also to make a big fortune.
According to the statistics of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, the number of visually handicapped persons in China reached 12.63 million in 2010, including about 5.5 million blind people. It is estimated that the number of new blind people will be around 450,000 per year. Such a huge target group, for Wicab, this is undoubtedly a huge cake.
(The number and proportion of the second survey of disabled persons in China in 2006, the proportion of visually disabled persons reached 14.86%)
If the calculation of BrainPort's current price of 10,000 US dollars abroad, then the scale of this market can theoretically reach an astonishing 120 billion US dollars!
Of course, the price of 10,000 US dollars, about 60,000 yuan, is difficult for most blind people in China to be self-reliant.
However, Wicab predicts that if it develops and cooperates in China, it can take advantage of China's low-cost production and logistics, and the price is expected to be greatly reduced, so that more blind people can get benefits.
But even if the price is in a double-fold, based on the scale of 12.63 million basic users, the total plate in the Chinese market is more than 300 billion yuan...
A big piece of cake!
(On the page of Professor Bartrica's biography, his wife wrote a message for Wang Biquan, who invested in Wicab: "The world needs visionary scientists and visionary businessmen!"
Moreover, if Wicab and their partners found in China can join the China Disabled Persons' Federation, government departments or other organizations to do some subsidy projects from the perspective of public welfare, then it is foreseeable that this price will further drop to the thousand yuan level. .
In this case, BrainPort is absolutely perfect to open the market in China! It is not impossible for a blind person to have one hand.
Such an artifact of brushing morality and brushing gold coins will create another world's richest man?
Source: Investment community
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