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Quantum Computing Using Traditional Transistors

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the reusing-old-hardware dept.

Ocean Consulting writes "UCLA is reporting progress on the quantum computing front by announcing success in controlling the spin of a single electron using an ordinary transistor." It's been a long road for the researchers involved, and even the project lead, Hong Wen Jiang admits, "...our initial theoretical calculations were very favorable, and gave us confidence to persevere."

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  1. That's weird by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The article said something totally different brfore I clicked it.

    1. Re:That's weird by orangesquid · · Score: 1, Funny

      It was in a quantum super-state. The act of observation (By clicking Read more...) made it evaluate to a particular single state.

      You might also notice that, now that you know what the whole article says, you don't know how long it took to load. If instead you had timed the page load, you wouldn't have been able to read the article.

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  2. Hrmm... by Arcanix · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought about reading the article but will it change if I look at it?

    1. Re:Hrmm... by mystik · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yes, it'll change to 403 Service Unavailable.

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    2. Re:Hrmm... by microwave_EE · · Score: 1, Funny

      That is...

      if you fail to use your Heisenberg-Compensated Web Browser (TM)

      Dang my years of ST TNG watching...can't sort out episodes.

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  3. How long before I can turn my transistor radio by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...to a quantum radio? I want to pull in stations from alternate universes since there is no good local music.

  4. I had a Quantum hard drive before by gphinch · · Score: 5, Funny

    "With 100 transistors, each containing one of these electrons, you could have the implicit information storage that corresponds to all of the hard disks made in the world this year, multiplied by the number of years the universe has been around," Yablonovitch said. "And why stop with 100 transistors?"

    I hope this drive lasts longer than the Quantumm Fireball I had.

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  5. Quantum voting? by patbob · · Score: 1, Funny
    Perhaps future elections will be held using secure quantum voting

    Republicans spin to the left, Liberals to the right and democrats just sit there? Or is it Republicans to the right, Democrats to the left and Liberals do nothing? Or it is...

    Dang! now I'm too dizzy to vote

    :-)

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  6. Name that profession by bigsteve@dstc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do these researchers call themselves "quantum spin doctors" or just plain "quantum mechanics"?

  7. I can see it now.... by teutonic_leech · · Score: 3, Funny

    Welcome to Windows Quantum 2006! We crash several ways at the same time!

  8. OT: wrt to your sig by mysticgoat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Karma: pi (Mostly due to circular reasoning in posts).

    Sir:

    Your sig is irrational.

    Just thought you'd like to know that.

  9. "Quantum voting" by tooloftheoligarchy · · Score: 2, Funny

    (From the article): Perhaps future elections will be held using secure quantum voting.

    Gives new meaning to the term "spin doctor".