Research Team Makes Quantum Computing Progress

Timogen writes to tell us Wired is reporting that a research team is reporting that they have found a way to "controllably couple qubits" bringing us one step closer to quantum computing. "In classical computer science, bits -- or binary digits -- hold data encoded as ones and zeros. In quantum computing, data is measured in qubits, or quantum bits. As such, a qubit can have three possible states -- one, zero or a "superposition" of one and zero. This unique property theoretically makes quantum computing able to solve large-scale calculations that would dwarf today's supercomputers. But qubits in isolation are not very useful. It's only when they can be connected to one another that large-scale processing becomes possible."

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You know what else was measured in qubits?

[Anonymous Coward]

The Ark. That's right: Noah's Ark.

Made Progress?

[MarkLewis]

There are two possible end states: the researchers made progress or not.

But until you actually make an observation by clicking on the link and reading the article, the outcome will still be indeterminate.

Re:Made Progress?

[Anonymous Coward]

The link must be broken. All I saw was a photo of a dead cat.

Listen up everybody!

[Doctor Memory]

Slashdot's got an article that says "Timogen writes to tell us Wired is reporting that a research team is reporting that"...