Why Quantum Computers?
Today’s computers are fast, really fast. A processor in a low-range laptop can perform over 100,000,000 operations per second and most modern devices have more than one processor. Everyone knows Apollo 11 made it to the moon with less computing power than a common phone, so what do we need quantum computers for anyway? Certain […]
Atom Computing: The Magic of Individually Trapped Neutral Atoms
Nature’s Quantum, Goddamn It! We’ve come a long way since American physicist Richard Feynman first asked whether classical computers could simulate a physical system. He then said, delving deeper, if a quantum system could do the same. Since the early 1980s and Feynman’s thought experiment, we have moved on in leaps and bounds. Peter Shor’s famous […]
Heisenberg by Name, Heisenberg by Nature
Ticking Time Bomb The world is getting proportionally older. Fact. But it’s nothing new; we’ve known for decades. You only have to go to South Florida in the winter to see the old folks there, migratory birds from the winter chill of all the Buffalos, Chicagos and Clevelands of this world. Like in the 1985 movie […]
Scientific Discovery Sparks Shootout in Quantum Computing Space
Rivalry With the way the quantum computing landscape is changing dynamically with new, fabulous discoveries within the realm of quantum physics occurring from week to week, there has been little fanfare so far — apart from the odd article on the internet (including this one) — of the latest breakthrough in the discipline. Two research teams, one based at […]
Сrypto agility alert ahead of quantum threat
Hypothesis Smashed As technological innovations become more sophisticated — with talk of blockchain, 5G networks, Bitcoin and the Internet of Things (IoT) improving at a rate that smashes the Moore’s Law hypothesis into the oblivion of history, the threat becomes more apparent as to how, when the technology is fully-operational, how we will deal with the security […]
Captivating Italian Design Meets The Quantum Computer
Italian Style The Italians are known for their good food, exquisite fashion sense and a passion for the arts. With a storied pantheon of artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Michalengo and Donatello to boast about, it was no surprise the tech giant IBM approached the Italian design company Goppion S.p.A to work on the […]
Quantum Arcade Game Revolution Inches Ever Closer
Avid Video Gamer Watching the highlights of the Fortnite World Cup from New York City last week made me think, quite coincidentally, as to where the quantum computer video game scene will be in a decade or two. Because judging by the press, everybody and nobody knows. As an avid video gamer myself (should my better […]
Twitter Account Dispels Quantum Computing Myths
‘Scientists Send Light Through 2D Crystal Layer in Quantum Computing Leap’, ‘Aussie Breakthrough in Quantum Computing is a Giant Leap for Tech’ ‘Physicists Have Reversed Time on The Smallest Scale by Using a Quantum Computer’. What do all these sentences have in common apart from the word ‘quantum’? Don’t know? Well, I’ll tell you: They are […]
Polaritons Possible Answer to Quantum Computing Dilemma
New Discovery A new — and what many in the industry are calling revolutionary — discovery in quantum physics was published in July in the British journal Nature by physicists at the University of Chicago. Creating light from hybrid particles from photons and atoms, they managed to manipulate light that actually behaves like matter. The findings— which the […]
Quantum Computing Under Hype Cycle and Market Clock Scrutiny
Gartner’s Belief There’s a phenomenon in technology called the hype cycle. Formulated by Gartner, Inc., a global research and advisory firm. The premise is that either the technology is no longer relevant or, unfortunately, has entered what we call a ‘plateau of productivity’ regarding the said technology. Gartner also talks about the market clock, which […]