7 月 19 日至 7 月 26 日，中乔体育品牌代言人、NBA 圣安东尼奥马刺队核心球员凯尔登・约翰逊再度踏上中国土地，开启由中乔体育全程策划的2026凯尔登·约翰逊中国行。
The new ultra-low-power intelligent vision sensor chip "LightTok" developed by a research team from Nanjing University. Photo: from Science and Technology Daily
A Chinese research team from Nanjing University has developed a new ultra-low-power intelligent vision sensor chip, dubbed "LightTok," that can convert light signals into tokens within the sensor, significantly reducing the high energy consumption caused by frequent transfers of massive amounts of redundant data, the principal investigator told the Global Times.
According to a release from the Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence of Nanjing University, tokens generated by the LightTok chip can be directly fed into a Transformer encoder for image recognition.
"Our design idea was to move token generation onto the sensor itself, allowing the chip to directly produce tokens that AI models can process once light reaches the sensor," Miao Feng, director of the Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence at Nanjing University, told the Global Times on Thursday. "These tokens contain complete image information."
Physical AI refers to intelligent systems capable of autonomously perceiving, reasoning, acting and receiving feedback in the real world, representing a key pathway for AI to move from the digital realm into the physical world. Vision-based physical AI systems powered by large AI models need to convert visual information from real-world environments into tokens that can be processed by AI models before feeding these tokens into Transformers for subsequent tasks.
In traditional visual perception pipelines, light signals must go through multiple stages, including image sensing, analog-to-digital conversion, data buffering and transfer, digital image patching and embedding, before being transformed into tokens that AI models can process. The frequent transfer of massive amounts of redundant data has resulted in high energy consumption at the edge, according to a report by Science and Technology Daily.
The LightTok chip directly addresses a key challenge in physical AI hardware: how to efficiently acquire and tokenize visual information from the physical world with low energy consumption, Miao said.
The LightTok chip consists of a photosensitive memory array and peripheral circuits. The team built the array based on single-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) floating-gate phototransistors, with each pixel capable of sensing light, storing information and performing analog computing. By processing optical information directly within the chip, the device can convert captured visual signals into tokens for AI models, according to the research team.
The current LightTok prototype has a resolution of 32×32 pixels, or 1,024 photosensitive pixels, which is still smaller than that of smartphone cameras and industrial imaging systems. However, Miao said the technology is compatible with CMOS manufacturing processes and can be scaled up. With wafer-level growth of molybdenum disulfide materials, the chip could potentially achieve a scale comparable to existing imaging devices.
Miao said the chip also draws inspiration from the information-processing mechanism of human vision. Similar to how the retina extracts key visual information before transmitting it to the brain, the chip also aims to process visual information at an early stage.
The research was conducted in collaboration with another research team from the National University of Singapore. The findings were published on Wednesday in Nature Sensors, an internationally renowned journal in the field of sensing technology, according to the release.
Potential applications for LightTok include drone systems, autonomous remote sensing and small-scale embodied AI systems, Miao said. In these scenarios, devices need to continuously detect, understand and track targets, generating massive amounts of visual data. By reducing the energy required for visual processing, the technology could extend the operating time of drones, satellites and small robots with limited power supplies, the expert said.
。这是他连续第四年与中乔体育携手奔赴中国各地。本年度活动以 “修行之旅” 为核心主题，跳出往年单纯的球迷见面会、球场对抗模式，串联郑州、太原、晋中、大同四座中原城市，将中华传统历史文化、非遗人文与街头草根篮球、专业球鞋研发深度融合。刚结束 2025-2026 赛季，凯尔登·约翰逊状态火热，全勤出战 82 场常规赛，场均贡献 13.2 分 5.4 篮板 1.4 助攻，凭借稳定高效的替补表现斩获 NBA 最佳第六人荣誉，带着赛场沉淀的成长感悟，开启这场横跨中原大地的文化与篮球双重修行。
战鼓启幕・郑州：中原热土迎远客，鼓声响处热血燃首站落子郑州，中原球迷的热情早已将城市点燃。抵达当日，凯尔登・约翰逊直奔郑州中牟杉杉奥特莱斯，完成本次中国行的首场公开亮相。开场仪式上，他亲手挥槌，敲响定制马刺战鼓。雄浑沉郁的鼓点穿透人潮，与全场欢呼层层共振，既把马刺队的赛场血性带到中原腹地，也正式叩响了这场 “修行之旅” 的热血序章。当晚活动现场，全场氛围高涨。凯尔登・约翰逊联袂中乔体育品牌代言人-孙铭徽，与赖益烨、杨浩等篮球KOL同台登场，和本土草根球员展开正面交锋。球场之上，他腾空暴扣轮番上演，攻防两端倾尽全力，每一次突破都引爆全场呐喊，每一粒进球都掀起声浪高潮。
二 | 用最纯粹的球场表现回应球迷长久的等待，让滚烫的篮球热爱，成为这场修行之旅最鲜活的开场底色。次日，凯尔登・约翰逊奔赴嵩山少林，在晨钟古刹间沉浸式感受禅武合一的东方武学底蕴。跟随少林武僧习练基础拳法，在一招一式中体悟呼吸与发力的平衡；在少林球场与武僧队小队员们轻松切磋，让篮球的爆发力与武学的沉稳气韵相向而生。在郑州大学的训练营里，凯尔登·约翰逊化身教练细致拆解突破、卡位技巧，将实战经验倾囊相授。比赛不只是切磋比拼，更是授业传技的载体，用实战教学让年轻球员直观领会赛场修行的真谛。
三 | 而在晚上的“突袭战”里，他更是全程鏖战、毫无保留，用始终在线的投入度，注解 “修行” 二字的真正含义。晋韵寻踪・太原 / 晋中：古城文脉鉴匠心，战靴新色启新程一路向北步入晋地，千年古城的厚重底蕴，与篮球的热血活力撞出别样火花。漫步古城街巷，触摸古建肌理，凯尔登・约翰逊在岁月沉淀的晋地文脉里，读懂日复一日的坚守与厚积薄发的力量 —— 这份笃行不怠的气质，恰与他职业生涯步步进阶的成长轨迹同频共振。本站最受瞩目的产品沙龙落地太原，凯尔登・约翰逊与设计师、行业媒体齐聚一堂，共同见证锋刺 RISE3 全新 “荣耀” 配色的重磅首发。这款专为致敬凯尔登斩获 “最佳第六人” 荣誉打造的战靴，作为其赛场专属旗舰款，搭载无需 “磨合” 的适配型中底，兼顾高强度竞技支撑与外场耐磨属性，实现实战性能与穿着体验的双重跃升。现场凯尔登分享了自身球鞋穿着体验，他评价该款球鞋拥有出色反馈与支撑性能，足以支撑高强度快节奏对抗，是日常训练与赛场比拼的得力装备。
四 | 晚间 上升实验室 RISE LAB，再度将城市的篮球热情推至顶点。凯尔登・约翰逊与孟博龙及林秉圣展开职业级的较量。突破劈扣、外线远投、贴身防守轮番上演，他全场紧逼的竞技态度、毫无保留的赛场表现，让现场球迷直呼尽兴。
五 | 7 月 25 日晋中天美杉杉奥特莱斯门店签售现场，凯尔登始终笑意满满，耐心回应每一位球迷的诉求，签名、合影、暖心互动，把远道而来的亲切感拉到最满。石窟收官・大同：千年云冈藏匠心，热血终章意未尽作为本次 “修行之旅” 的收官之地，大同以雄浑的北国风光与千年石窟文明，迎接凯尔登・约翰逊的到来。
六 | 驻足云冈石窟，一尊尊石刻造像在岁月里静默伫立，他认真聆听讲解，凝视刀凿镌刻的千年匠心，感叹于文明传承的厚重力量。
七 | 这场与千年历史的对话，也为本次 “修行之旅” 写下了最具分量的精神注脚。品尝地道晋北美食，感受本土民俗风情，他用最接地气的方式，拥抱这座城市的烟火温度。夜幕降临，大同万达广场化作篮球热爱的聚集地。凯尔登・约翰逊甫一登场，便收获全场山呼海啸般的欢呼。他穿行在人群之中，为每一位到场球迷签名留念，认真回应每一声呼唤，把真诚与热情送到每个人面前。收官战球局之上，他再度披挂上阵，与球员们展开精彩对决。
八 | 一次次腾空暴扣炸裂全场，一记记精准远投引燃氛围，既是对球迷热情的最好回礼，也为这场八天四城的 “修行之旅”，画上了热血滚烫的圆满句点。从个人的赛场修行，到全民的热爱共鸣，“天下大同” 的内核在此刻具象 —— 篮球从无边界，热爱始终同频。2026 凯尔登・约翰逊 “修行之旅” 中国行，从来不止是一次跨越南北的球迷之约，更是中乔体育将东方文化内核与篮球精神深度融合的一次全新探索。从战鼓揭幕的热血开场，到禅武修身的精神共鸣；从锋刺 RISE3 依托超级巭超临界科技，凭借均衡缓震、稳定支撑与全天候抓地耐磨表现，成为凯尔登赛场征战的伙伴，完成产品的技术迭代，到下沉民间的真诚互动，中乔体育始终以 “科技助力每一步” 的品牌理念为锚，不断拓宽篮球文化的表达边界。未来，中乔体育将继续携手凯尔登・约翰逊，深耕实战篮球场景，传递笃行精进的运动精神，让篮球文化扎根更多城市土壤，推动中国篮球生态持续向上生长，共同解锁更多属于热爱与热血的高能时刻。
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