Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 668: Human Body Static Electricity Powered?

After finishing the discussion about soybeans with Carlos,

Chen Yiyang went with Schaefer to McComick's place to visit his explosives detector company's branch in France.

"Currently, I have only opened branches in France and the United Kingdom," McComick said. "All the company's products are also only manufactured in these two places."

"Are there any differences in the products made in these two places?" Chen Yiyang asked.

"No difference, but the key components of the detectors are produced in the United Kingdom first, then shipped to France for assembly," McComick replied.

Chen Yiyang quickly saw the products of McComick's company.

The Moore Detector illustration.

"This thing is much smaller than I imagined," Chen Yiyang said, touching the actual detector.

He originally thought that a detector capable of accurately locating explosives would be large and structurally complex.

But now seeing it, the size was surprisingly small.

"Can you introduce this detector again?" Chen Yiyang asked.

He suspected that he might have gotten it wrong when he looked up information about the Moore Detector last night, thinking its effectiveness might not be as strong.

"Our company's Moore Detector is a device that can detect beyond a 100-meter radius, penetrate walls, containers, and even ice layers, accurately locating dozens of types of explosives, drugs, and even human bodies."

"I didn't seem to see a place to put batteries or to charge," Chen Yiyang inquired.

The Moore Detector in his hand was indeed too small.

He had some doubts whether the functions boasted by the other party could be provided by this detector.

Since the entire set of detectors was only as large as what he held in his hand, with no extra equipment or devices.

If the detector in his hand was just an external device, he could understand.

Moreover, he now discovered an even stranger issue.

Which was, after looking for a long time, this detector in his hand seemed to have no place for batteries or charging.

So how does this thing work?

"Our detector doesn't need charging," McComick said. "It can utilize the static electricity generated by the user walking to function.

Meaning, once purchased, users can start using it immediately without additional charging."

McComick's answer challenged Chen Yiyang's understanding of technology.

Such a small object, capable of penetrating walls, containers, ice layers, accurately locating dozens of explosives, and without a power source.

Chen Yiyang thought, aside from its detection function,

just the technology that allows it to be powered by very weak human static electricity to drive a device with a 100-meter working range.

Could win countless Nobel Prizes.

If such energy efficiency is real, Chen Yiyang felt that the various brain-computer interface companies he invested in before might consider mass-producing commercial brain-computer devices.

After all, the power consumption of commercial brain-computers might not be higher than that of this detector.

Since this device can be powered by human static electricity to drive the detector, powering a brain-computer interface should be no issue.

After leaving McComick's company, Chen Yiyang asked Schaefer, "Do you think McComick's equipment is reliable?"

"To be honest, I've seen far more outrageous things than that kind of device," Schaefer said. "Of course, these things are more hype than practical. However, for us, no matter how outrageous the stuff is, if it can sell, it's a good product.

McComick's Moore Detector is clearly in the category of items that can be sold."

Schaefer's words were clear.

That is, the device certainly has issues, but for people like them, whether the stuff is useful or not doesn't matter.

The important thing is that it can be sold and make money.

And the more outrageous things, agents like Schaefer prefer to represent.

Because they claim such extraordinary functions, but the structure is very simple.

Then it's likely similar to those fake electricity-saving gadgets online, costing only a few bucks and selling for tens or hundreds.

Such huge profits also mean that merchants have enough money to spend on marketing and establishing connections.

If it were just ordinary items, Chen Yiyang wouldn't care.

But this detector is supposed to locate explosives, and if it's ineffective, the consequences would be too severe.

So, Chen Yiyang pretended to consider becoming McComick's agent in Huaxia and took the opportunity to request a few Moore Detectors from him.

After returning to Lin'an, Chen Yiyang consulted with some local experts to study this device.

"The Moore Detector? Indeed, first and second-tier cities in the country have installed it,"

A bomb expert recognized the Moore Detector placed by Chen Yiyang upon arrival.

"Does Lin'an have it too?" Chen Yiyang inquired curiously. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"Lin'an bought two sets before, I've seen it," the explosive expert said, approaching and asking Chen Yiyang.

"But can I dismantle this Moore Detector? The Moore Detectors purchased by special agencies in the country are too expensive, and unless broken, they don't allow others to dismantle them."

"No problem, feel free to dismantle it."

Chen Yiyang sat down with a few experts and dismantled a Moore Detector.

And they found that once opened, the structure was indeed extremely simple.

No chips, no motherboard, no driving device whatsoever.

Chen Yiyang thought this could only serve as a decoration.

"The method of using the Moore Detector is to hold it in hand, and if it detects nearby explosives, the probe will automatically point towards the explosives."

As the expert explained, they held another intact Moore Detector and tested it, then said,

"But now, it seems that where the probe points is purely based on where the holder wants it to point. It has nothing to do with detecting explosives."

"So here's the question," Chen Yiyang asked, looking at the device claiming to cost tens of thousands but likely costing only a few tens, "How did this sell thousands in the country?"

Chen Yiyang couldn't understand the rationale behind this.

However, the institutions involved with it are quite troublesome.

So Chen Yiyang called Yang Chengru for advice on what to do next.

"This thing, huh," Yang Chengru found it troublesome as well upon seeing the Moore Detector.

"What, you recognize this too?"

"Yeah, when I worked in Shancheng, every large event there needed to use this to search for explosives, so I'm quite familiar with it."