RE: Quantum Computers
Crosby_M (CrosbyM@po1.cpi.bls.gov)
Wed, 29 Jan 1997 09:44:59 -0500
John K Clark wrote:
<For me It's still hard for me for it to sink in that an otherworldly
object
like a Quantum computer could actually exist in our worldly universe,
but
it's beginning to look like one can really be built. If so the world
will
never be the same.>
One thing John didn't mention is that Gershenfeld and Chuang foresee
these devices as being 'liquid computers'. In fact, the brief
write-up of this in the 18 Jan Science News is entitled "Brewing a
Quantum Computer in a Coffee Cup" which Gershenfeld quipped might be
possible "due to the even heating characteristics of java".