A research team led by Australian engineers has created the first working "quantum bit" based on a single atom in silicon, invoking the same technological platform that forms the building blocks of modern day computers, laptops and phones.
Andrea Morello, program manager at the Centre for Quantum Computing and Communication Technology at the University of New South Wales, said just three hundred quantum bits, or "qubits" were capable of storing a number greater than the number of particles in the universe.
In a landmark paper published today in the journal Nature, the research team describes how it was able to both read and write information using the spin, or magnetic orientation, of an electron bound to a single phosphorus atom which was implanted next to a specially-designed silicon transistor. (Video)
Dr Morello and Andrew Dzurak from the UNSW School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications lead the research team which includes researchers from the University of Melbourne.
They made a hard-drive.
The European/American team still playing around with out dated technology & science ....... While the Australian teams have long since moved on inventing quantum computers & qubits & working on sending larger objects such as atoms, allowing larger objects which contain grater amounts of information to be sent..
What the Australian Team is working on
now is irrelevant and has zero impact on the original article At1 posted. The American Team sent the information farther unless you can produce proof that they didn't. You can't, so instead you seek to discredit their work by comparing it to other parts of the field. Distance may be irrelevant to what the Australian Team is doing
right now but at some point in the future they are going to have to either use existing communications technology to get the information beyond their quantum computers or invent something faster.
Take modern or even older machines for example. The information on them was stored on the HDD or another medium like floppy, flash-drive, CD, DVD, etc. Information couldn't be shared any other way before the modem was invented. In essence, that is what the American Team is working on. The Australian Team are working on the components for the quantum computer. They've discovered how to store and read data at the qubit level, that's exciting. (In the real world that translates to: average consumers won't be able to afford it for many years to come
)
From the
link you provided:
"[Being able to transfer data packets] is a necessary thing to do in order to build a proper quantum computer or a quantum communications device," she said.
What the two teams are doing are separate yet you're comparing them anyway. I understand perfectly what's happening here and I recognize your distasteful, dishonest, biased "debating" style for what it is. However, no amount of name calling and insinuation that I or anyone else don't know what we're talking about will detract from the facts here. The American Team sent the information further and were recognized for it in the scientific community. You first tried to deny it, then when you couldn't you decided to launch your apples vs rocket engines argument. It won't work because common sense trumps it.
Australian engineers write quantum computer 'qubit' in global breakthrough.
AUSTRALIAN researchers say the world's first quantum computer is just 5 to10 years away, after announcing a global breakthrough that makes manufacture of its memory building blocks possible.
A research team led by Australian engineers has created the first working "quantum bit" based on a single atom in silicon, invoking the same technological platform that forms the building blocks of modern day computers, laptops and phones.
Andrea Morello, program manager at the Centre for Quantum Computing and Communication Technology at the University of New South Wales, said just three hundred quantum bits, or "qubits" were capable of storing a number greater than the number of particles in the universe.
In a landmark paper published today in the journal Nature, the research team describes how it was able to both read and write information using the spin, or magnetic orientation, of an electron bound to a single phosphorus atom which was implanted next to a specially-designed silicon transistor. (Video)
Dr Morello and Andrew Dzurak from the UNSW School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications lead the research team which includes researchers from the University of Melbourne.
Scientists teleport Schrodinger's cat
PLUS
Australian engineers write quantum computer 'qubit' in global breakthrough.
It's the same team, stupid ....... UNSW ..... University of New South Wales.
I present a clear and concise argument and counter-argument and this is what I get in return. Yes, we all know what a wonderful copy/paste warrior you are. None of this information is relevant to the original thread. All it proves is that the 2002 and 2011 are the same team. We already knew that, by the way. Pointing to this information and calling me stupid didn't prove anything. I and everyone else already knew they were the same team. This is more of that emotional biased arguing you do. It detracts from the real facts. Are you really this dense or is this purposefully done as I suspect?
En-Lugal wrote:You keep saying that but it doesn't make it true. After all, the information getting from point A to point B is relevant as it is the whole point, to communicate over distances.
rath wrote:Then don't take my word for it .... go an read ... learn .... get an idea.
teleportation is the ability to essentially move one object from one place to another without traversing the space in between. But as Forbes explains, the actual object is not moving from point A to point B. Rather, the distant photon mirrors the information contained by the original photon, essentially becoming an identical twin.
Read more:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/15/bea ... z27CP9aXpb
Since you love to copy/paste and argue that distance is irrelevant, I find it intriguing that you linked this article. You managed to leave out the damning part that proves distance is, in fact, quite relevant.
From the article
you linked:
The team’s greatest contribution is not necessarily the distance it made the data travel but the method it used to harness the 1.3-watt laser beam that carries it. The longer a beam of light travels, the more it spreads out, causing the photon to lose information and trail off course. To keep the beam on target, the researchers created a technique that focuses and steers the laser. Though beaming up humans and animals à la Star Trek is not on the agenda anytime soon, as the technology becomes more sophisticated, it will likely be applied to military communication.
This is what makes your whole asinine argument disintegrate, right here. The method to deliver the quantum information is via a laser. Distance is relevant as the further away the receiver, the more focused the beam has to be in order to receive anything intelligible on the other side.
Same article, just for fun:
As Technology Review notes, “these guys clearly have their eye on the possibility of satellite-based quantum cryptography, which would provide ultra-secure communications around the world.” Experts say this all-but-unbreakable code would be a perfect way to transmit classified information such as military directives or codes.
And from the 2012 article, I believe you already have the link?
Teleportation across 143 kilometres is a crucial milestone in this research, since that is roughly the minimum distance between the ground and orbiting satellites.' It is the hope of the research team that this experiment will lead to commercial use of quantum teleportation to interact with satellites and ground stations.
Tada! See, I too can copy/paste. The difference? I understand what the hell I'm linking and reading. It's called reading comprehension. Check and mate.
The modern definition of ‘racist’ is someone who’s winning an argument with a liberal.
Therefore I have to conclude that: (1. you really don't get it, (2. you're stupid, (3. blinded by your emotions (which certainly explains that caps, name calling and arguing in circles) or (4. a troll. Of course there's always the option that you're a complete jackass, which happens to be a bit of all the other options combined. This is the option I'm banking on.
& that's why the European / American team are light years behind the Australian team.
