Transistor Made From Bose-Einstein Condensate

holy_calamity writes "US researchers have made a transistor from a Bose-Einstein condensate. They claim it to be the first step towards 'atomic circuits' that run with atoms instead of electrons. 'A small number of atoms can be used to control the flow of a large number of atoms, in much the same way that an FET uses a gate voltage to control a large electric current,' says lead research Alex Zozulya. The abstract of their paper is freely available."

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I just had a nerdgasm

[alexwcovington]

Behold, Quantum computing is at hand!

uh

[mastershake_phd]

Transistor Made From Bose-Einstein Condensate
 
Ewwww.....

Ah hah!

[AKAImBatman]

I knew my Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky bridge machine was missing something! Computer circuits powered by Einstein-Bose Condensate! It's so simple! With this new invention, I'll be able to communicate with the machine back on my world, but never (for reasons yet unknown to science) tell it to retrieve me!

Hmm. That could be a problem. I better remember to set the timer...

Re:More probably faster

[batquux]

E=mc^2. It's all the same. One might even say it's all relative.

Re:How could this be practical?

[eataTREE]

With a really, really, really big heat sink.

Re:More probably faster

[Monkeys with Guns]

Passing bowling balls sounds painful.

Re:Bose Einstein?

[blueturffan]

The Bose Einstein Motto: No bass, relatively speaking

Passing objects...

[Khyber]

"You can pass bowling balls or you can pass bee-bees." Given what I've passed from my kidneys, I'll stick with the bee-bees, TYVM!