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One Step Closer To Quantum Computers

Posted by timothy on from the in-lab-not-in-stores dept.

ruszka writes: "Scientists have worked a little more of their magic and gotten a bit further in their research of Bose-Einstein condensate and how it may be controlled.. This could be a great help into the development of quantum computers."

8 comments

  1. What I heard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They thought they figured out how to manufacture these things, but then someone looked at the plans.

    1. Re:What I heard by Winged+Cat · · Score: 1

      Ah, the infamous business non-rationality conundrum: you can control a product's quality or its market share, but not both simultaneously. ;)

    2. Re:What I heard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Heh. Reminds me of the Higgs Open Source Business Plan. It's huge, supposed to be workable, takes large amounts of energy, but no one's ever been recreate it successfully.

    3. Re:What I heard by Hasufel · · Score: 1

      You forgot about marketing. You can keep track of product quality and market share... thru marketing. (wish Atari had learned that with the Jaguar)

      As long as you maintain good brand quality and are able to market it aggressively. There is a real possibility of being able to control market share. (Ask Microsoft about marketing and maintaining market share, I'm sure they could give some pointers)

  2. Solid state manipulation of B-E Condensate by Yazeran · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Well if they can reproduce this, then i belive that we will see proactial applications of this within 5 years. I don't know what these will be, but the fact that they managed to manipulate a Bose-Einstein condensate on a solid state device (well a foil and two gold leads to be sure) makes it more well controlled.


    I wonder what would happen if two such clouds were brought near each other, i suspect that they would repell each other, but would anyone who knows more quantum-physics than me care to explain.


    Yours Yazeran


    Plan: To go to Mars one day with a hammer.

  3. Now we will find out by how_would_i_know · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If the tree made a sound when if fell.

    1. Re:Now we will find out by adcm · · Score: 1

      Not really, because the quantum mechanical answer to the question would be "did the tree actually fall while no one was around, or did it merely change position after the human observed it?"

      Then again, one could argue that the tree might not have fallen at all and still be standing. Or, it is both standing and fallen.

    2. Re:Now we will find out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ...tree go boom....