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IBM Tech Detects & Changes Spin of Single Electron

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-got-hundreds-of-those-things dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like we have another step forward in Quantum Computing - IBM has discovered how to detect and change the spin of a single electron. Won't be long before we're all solving impossible encryption problems. "

2 of 334 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No by qtone42 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And so, with his ability to be on both sides of every issue, does that make John F. Kerry "Schrodinger's Candidate?"

    --Qtone

  2. Re:Damnit! by Cyn · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Some people apparently not only have no knowledge of heisenbergs uncertainty principle, but no sense of humor either.

    Mod points are clearly given out too freely. Perhaps an intelligence test in the future?

    --
    cyn, free software and *nix operating systems enthusiast.