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Innovative Ion Trap on a Semiconductor

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the getting-closer-all-the-time dept.

Denix writes "MIT's TechnologyReview has an interesting article on a silicon-based "ion trap" in order to host a "qubit." The Ion Trap technology 'uses electric and magnetic fields to isolate a charged particle from its environment -- a prerequisite for exploiting the temperamental quantum properties of electrons."

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  1. Regarding the story title... by Caspian · · Score: 0, Troll

    Am I the only one for whom MS's "Freedom to Innovate" campaign has ruined the word "innovation"? Now, when I hear "innovation", I mentally translate it into "derivative". So I guess this "innovative" ion trap is just a knockoff of another ion trap Xerox made in the 1970s and Apple aped in the 1980s, which mysteriously costs much more than most other ion traps, and breaks a lot...

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    With spending like this, exactly what are "conservatives" conserving?