[quoteurl=http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/27mar_stoplight.htm]Last year, physicists at Harvard University shined a laser beam into a glass cell filled with atomic vapors. The light went in, but it didn't come out again. It was not destroyed or absorbed, but rather stored -- ready to emerge intact at the scientists' bidding.
The laser pulse was kilometers-long before it entered the cell, yet the pulse fit intact within the centimeters-wide chamber. Sound like magic? Perhaps ... but it was only quantum mechanics.[/quoteurl]
We're that much closer to quantum computing. Quantum computing will mean the end of the need for processor upgrades, because the quantum processors will have near endless processing power... we could feed the processor this for breakfast: create simulations to put on our screen that are as real as life itself, find a cure for cancer, AIDS, teenage rebellion, and terrorism...
The laser pulse was kilometers-long before it entered the cell, yet the pulse fit intact within the centimeters-wide chamber. Sound like magic? Perhaps ... but it was only quantum mechanics.[/quoteurl]
We're that much closer to quantum computing. Quantum computing will mean the end of the need for processor upgrades, because the quantum processors will have near endless processing power... we could feed the processor this for breakfast: create simulations to put on our screen that are as real as life itself, find a cure for cancer, AIDS, teenage rebellion, and terrorism...
