Quantum Fields: Iowa Congressman Pushes For Quantum Tech in Agriculture
Insider Brief Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra said will be pushing to expand a 2018 law to promote agricultural uses for quantum. He will push for agricultural applications to be specified when Congress discusses the reauthorization of the U.S.’s National Quantum Initiative in 2023. Quantum technology could help farmers by creating new fertilizers, improved weather modeling […]
TCS launches Free Quantum Education Program For Microsoft Azure Quantum
Insider Brief Qubit by Qubit (QxQ) and Microsoft Azure Quantum announced a new collaboration, called Quantum Winter School. Quantum Winter School will take place the weekends of February 4-5 and February 11-12, 2023, from 12-4pm ET daily. Lessons will include learning fundamental quantum mechanics, coding in Microsoft’s quantum computing language Q#, constructing quantum circuits, and […]
Researchers Use Quantum Mechanics to See Objects Without Looking at Them
Insider Brief Researchers discovered a new and much more effective way to carry out interaction-free experiments. The team used superconducting circuits that are relatively large but still show quantum behaviour– to detect the presence of microwave pulses generated by classical instruments. The team suggests that. the experiment could pave the way for better, more stable […]
Pauli Group Launches First Quantum-Proof Smart Contract Wallet For Ethereum Blockchain Technology
Insider Brief: Pauli Group has announced the formal launch of their latest cryptography endeavour, Anchor Wallet, a smart contract wallet resistant to foreseeable quantum computing attacks, hacks, and malicious security vulnerabilities. They developed Anchor Wallet, the quantum-secure smart contract wallet that uses the simplest and safest signature schemes to protect users in the web3 ecosystem. […]
NTT Scientists Report First Practical Application of Cyber-CIM
Insider Brief Tokyo Institute of Technology and NTT Research scientists have successfully developed compressed sensing as a an application for cyber coherent Ising machine, or cyber-CIM. This is the the first known practical application of the cyber-CIM, a quantum-inspired algorithm that can be implemented on a modern digital platform today or hybrid quantum-classical machine in the […]
President Biden Signs Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act
U.S. President Joe Biden signed the “Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act” yesterday, according to a memo from The White House. The bipartisan law encourages the federal government to adopt technology that is protected from decryption by quantum computing. The legislation, co-sponsored by Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., recognizes that future quantum computers […]
French National Quantum Update: December 2022
Executive Summary As 2022 came to an end and winter settled in, the French quantum community heated up. The ecosystem was busy across all the segments that make up this emerging industry — from government to startups and companies and from educational institutions to research institutions. Of particular note, France transmitted a post-quantum cryptographic message. […]
Fujitsu’s Quantum-inspired Algorithm Improves Investment Portfolios’ Asset Allocation
Insider Brief Fujitsu reports its quantum-inspired solution achieved excellent results in a Kutxabank project is to improve the allocation of assets to its investment portfolios. The algorithm made it possible to calculate the optimal distribution of investments to be made, through a series of extremely complex permutation operations. The second phase of the project, whose […]
Top Quantum Investment, Financial Stories of 2022
The quantum industry was one of the few sectors that did not suffer a serious setback in capital market fund raising. The totals for 2022 nearly equaled the amount invested in 2021, which was a blistering year for fundraising. We will look at just some of the top stories here. Xanadu Closes $100 Million (US) […]
Top Quantum Research Stories of 2022
Research is the fuel for the deep tech industry in general and for the quantum technology industry, specifically. The industry, itself, is built on theoretical and experimental work that stretches back about a century. But more work is need to make quantum technology practical and ubiquitous. In 2022, scientists have made significant steps in that […]