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Scientists Find Flaw in Quantum Dot Construction

Posted by Zonk on from the you-changed-the-outcome-by-measuring-it! dept.

ThePolkapunk writes "Scientists have been having problems in predicting the behavior of Quantum Dots, which are considered to be the most likely material to be used to build nanocomputers. Physorg is reporting that physicists at Ohio University believe they've found the problem, and it's with a flaw in the construction of quantum dots. If their theory pans out, "It's one more step towards the holy grail of finding a better quantum bit, which hopefully will lead to a quantum computer."" We first mentioned this about six years ago.

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  1. At what point is a computer powerful enough? by John+Seminal · · Score: -1, Troll
    Okay, I get the whole arc that these nano computers will be very small. But for the home user, or even buisness user, at what point is the computing power enough?

    I sometimes wonder if graduate students in physics are more like a william gibson book club, with some star trek and battlestar galactica thrown in. They are very creative smart people, but what is the cost of what they do? They could be finding cures to cancer, or making better space shuttles, or doing a ton of things with applications that would be useful. How is getting a 800 ghz computer with 500 gigs or ram and a 40 gig video card going to change things? Lets be honest here, does anyone think the games they played 10 years ago sucked when they were playing them?? It seems to me too much time and money is being invested in the wrong place.

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  2. Re:Do we need quantum bits? by Dachannien · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, it's a matter of "I don't know jack crap about this, but I'm going to express my uninformed thoughts on it anyway without bothering to educate myself on the topic."

  3. God doesn't know me, hahahahaha. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    Since 1999 (ago 6 years), i'd maintained in personal secret my revolutionary invent: "The Quantum Accelerator of HyperComputing".

    I did want the "non-disclosure" of my mispublishing of my unprecedent discovery".

    Nobody know about me, i'm more intelligent than Nevada's doctors.

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