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more about #quantum more comments → ice2032: Wasn't this posted a few days ago? more » jepzilla: D-Wave claims they have built a quantum processor, but when they demonstrated the device a few years ago, it didn't support qubit entanglement, IIRC. ... more » IcyFizzle: From the photo: "This D-wave processor may or may not be a quantum computing device." What happens when I observe it? more » shyataroo: I wasn't aware speed of search was an issue. more » Noobs-R-Us: Does this mean I'll be able to search 2 things at the same time? more » docvb: The problem with LEDs is not just color (monochromatic hues) but also the 60hz flicker that you notice from the corner of your eye. Also, as christma... more » Purple Dave: If they can make a black-light LED, why can't they just make LEDs that emit wavelengths for a wider range of colors? more » Jakooboo the Whedonite: "Scotty! I need more Quantum Dots on the double!" "I can't do that Captain, I'm giving her all she's got!" more » MaQ: Didn't quite understand how useful is it gonna be, the whole quantum thing, when you need a fortune teller to read the results. Seams we are headed t... more » nutbastard: and yet, do you think this guy gets even close to all the poonanny he deserves? NO. you'd think being a brilliant scientist on the cutting edge of qu... more » Pope John Peeps II: That's nothing. I was telling Qberts what to do back in 1983. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN. more » OCEntertainment: This time next year, there will be a Java JVM for it and the Linux community will have made drivers to connect their peripherals. The interface will b... more » Hello Mister Walrus: The guy in that photo is a post doc, so he probably gets paid like $40k/year. Way to reward scientific research, America! more » jetRink: This scares me a bit, to be honest. more » cmanptown02: Technology is moving along waaaaaaaaaay to fast. Maybe the next step after homo-sapien is robo-sapien more » -
#quantumcomputing
Google Demonstrates Quantum Algorithm Promising Superfast Search
Quantum computing has long dangled the possibility of superfast, super-efficient processing, and now search giant Google has jumped on board that future. More » -
#leds
How Quantum Dots Could Make LEDs as Warm as Candlelight
I've had a nit to pick with LED lights and their sterile glow. But quantum dots—tiny crystals that emit a specific color—could be added to LEDs to alter their photonic output. Wee! More » -
#quantumcomputer
Scientists Make Breakthrough With First Programmable Quantum Processor
In the future, quantum computers will accomplish in seconds what would take years with our best computers today. Physicists at NIST have made a significant leap towards this goal by demonstrating the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor. More » -
#art
Quantum Physics Visualized
I wish that Julian Voss-Andreae had made some of these sculptures when I was in school. While we can't really claim that they represent quantum physics concepts accurately, they still would've made reading about Bosons and Fermions more pleasant. More » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: Why Quantum Computing Is the Future (But a Distant One)
Over 400 million transistors are packed on dual-core chips manufactured using Intel's 45nm process. That'll double soon, per Moore's Law. And it'll still be like computing with pebbles compared to quantum computing. More » -
#quantum
First Quantum Processor Performs Simple Tasks, Illustrates the Concept
Yale researchers just made the first, albeit simple, quantum processor. The processor is made of two artificial atoms (each made of a billion aluminum atoms) that act like single atoms that can occupy two distinct states. More » -
#teleportation
Major Milestone Reached in the Quest For Star Trek Style Teleportation
I don't understand quantum mechanics. Physicists don't even really understand it. But somehow, information was successfully teleported over a full meter, which means we're that much closer to making Star Trek a dorktastic reality. More » -
