Quantum Internet

via Natalie Wolchover, writing at Quanta Magazine, comes a quantum-of-quantifiable-good-news regarding the internets of the future. In this case, a Quantum Internet, discussed gingerly on the fraying edges of scintillating scientic methodology... Read all about it!

'Wehner is the coordinator of the Quantum Internet Alliance, a European Union initiative to build a network for transmitting quantum information throughout the continent. In a paper in Science last October, she and two co-authors laid out a six-stage plan for realizing the quantum internet, where each developmental stage will support new algorithms and applications. The first stage is already underway, with the construction of a demonstration quantum network that will connect four cities in the Netherlands — a kind of Arpanet analogue.' - via Natalie Wolchover, writing at Quanta Magazine,

Behold, The Quantum Compass

via an Impact Lab post, in which, the astounding science of Imperial College London and Glasgow, Scotland, UK based M Squared combine for the possibility that we may soon possess the capability to arrive at our desired waypoints and caches through the utilization of a Quantum Compass - without the need for a satellite based positioning-system to enlighten our in-built curiosity for knowledge-of-place.

Are the days of GLONASS and GPS over? Is this merely an appropriation of geolocation processing with the assistance of a quantum accelerometer channeling data elements to a fundamentally stranger - in the quantum vernacular - platform - not subject to the vagaries of nation or space-borne detritus and political machinations? You be the judge.

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"When the atoms are ultra-cold we have to use quantum mechanics to describe how they move, and this allows us to make what we call an atom interferometer", said Dr Joseph Cotter, a member of the Research Staff at The Centre for Cold Matter at Imperial College, London, UK.

Bob and Alice Meet The Ultimate Firewall →

Not the Alice and Bob we know running and frolicking along and about various and sundry paths to Security Nirvana, oh no me prtetties, but the Alice and Bob of mathematics, blackholes, paradoxes and whatnot... Examine - if you will - what happens when the pair meet the ultimate firewall - Today's Must Read.

50 Qubits →

An astounding image (some might call it a percolator of the multiverse), and announcement via IBM (NYSE: IBM) of the company's newly minted 50 Qubit Processor. Today's Must Read.

"The first IBM Q systems available online to clients will have a 20 qubit processor, featuring improvements in superconducting qubit design, connectivity and packaging. Coherence times (the amount of time available to perform quantum computations) lead the field with an average value of 90 microseconds, and allow high-fidelity quantum operations. IBM has also successfully built and measured an operational prototype 50 qubit processor with similar performance metrics. This new processor expands upon the 20 qubit architecture and will be made available in the next generation IBM Q systems." - via