Tag: quantum superposition

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December 3, 2020

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Science

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Encryption, Enrique Blair, Featured, Quantum Computing, quantum encryption, Quantum Entanglement, quantum superposition, Robert J. Marks}

How Quantum Computing Can and Can’t Help Us Here in Macro World

_{Quantum computing could easily break down current encryption schemes} _{News
December 3, 2020

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In last week’s podcast, “Enrique Blair on quantum computing,” Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks talks with fellow computer engineer Enrique Blair about why quantum mechanics is so strange, yet an intrinsic part of the way our universe works. They discussed whether quantum computing will be in our future any time soon? In our cell phones? What difference will it make? https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-110-Enrique-Blair.mp3 The discussion of quantum computing begins at approximately 37:31. The Show Notes and transcript follow. Excerpts from the transcript: One significant thing that quantum computing could do is enable more secure encryption. Robert J. Marks: Let’s get to quantum computing. This is the thing that’s in the news everywhere. There was the announcement that Google has built Read More ›

Blue glowing quantum laser in space with rippled beam

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November 30, 2020

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Science

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Enrique Blair, Erwin Schrödinger, Featured, quantum decoherence, Quantum Mechanics, quantum superposition, Robert J. Marks, Schrödinger’s cat, Superposition}

The Final Ambiguous Truth About Schrödinger’s Cat

_{Schrödinger came up with the cat illustration to explain quantum mechanics to interested people who were not physicists} _{News
November 30, 2020

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In last week’s podcast, “Enrique Blair on quantum computing,” Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks talks with fellow computer engineer Enrique Blair about why quantum mechanics is so strange. Inevitably, the discussion turned to what really happened with Schrödinger’s cat, the one who is either dead or alive only if we actually look at it. https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-110-Enrique-Blair.mp3 [Schrödinger’s cat starts approximately at 21:50.] The Show Notes and transcript follow. Excerpts from the transcript: Robert J. Marks (pictured): We hear a lot in popular culture about Schrödinger’s cat. Now, Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) was one of the guys who formulated quantum mechanics. He won a Nobel Prize for it. He was trying to explain quantum mechanics to a layperson and he used Read More ›

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November 29, 2020

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Science

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Enrique Blair, Featured, Probability, Quantum Mechanics, quantum superposition, Random number generator (RNG), Robert J. Marks, wave function}

How Scientists Have Learned To Work With the Quantum World

_{It’s still pretty weird, though} _{News
November 29, 2020

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In last week’s podcast, “Enrique Blair on quantum computing,” Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks talks with fellow computer engineer Enrique Blair about why quantum mechanics is so strange. But scientists have learned to work with QM, despite many questions, like how to work with particles that can be in two different places (quantum superposition): https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-110-Enrique-Blair.mp3 [Starts at approximately 13:16.] The Show Notes and transcript follow. Excerpts from the transcript: Robert J. Marks: What’s superposition? What’s going on there? Enrique Blair: Quantum superposition is really a mathematical description. We use wave functions to describe these particles. There’s a wave function for the photon going through Slit One and a wave function for the photon going through Slit Two. To Read More ›

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Enrique Blair and Robert J. Marks
Date
January 23, 2020

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Enrique Blair, nonlocality, Quantum bits, Quantum Collapse, Quantum Computing, Quantum Dots, Quantum Entanglement, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Physics, quantum superposition, Quantum Supremacy, qubits, Reclaiming Conversation (book), superluminal}

Quantum Dots, Bits, and Computing: Oh My!

_{Enrique Blair and Robert J. Marks
January 23, 2020

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On the road to quantum computing, you’ll become entangled with the wildest entities. Will we ever make it to a land where quantum computing is available for everyone? Robert J. Marks continues his odyssey through the quantum world with electrical and computer engineer Dr. Enrique Blair. Show Notes 00:33 | Introducing Dr. Enrique Blair, a professor of electrical and computer Read More ›