Breakthrough of the Year 2010: The First Quantum Machine

This video introduction to Science's year-end special issue features Andrew Cleland of University of California at Santa Barbara, Jack Harris of Yale University, and Science's Adrian Cho on the achievement of putting a human-made object into the quantum ground state. It's the first quantum machine and the top scientific story for 2010. Produced by Robert Frederick.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• quantum
• mechanics
• computing
• oscillator
• communication
• science
• technology
• breakthrough

[juliencrawford]

I want to see something in addition to the talking.

A demonstration in the 'lab' and the reading etc.

(Even if it presents badly, I want to see that)

[RedHorseRainbows]

On the walking through walls: "If you tried to walk through that wall one billion times a second every second for the age of the universe you still wouldn't have even made a dent in the probability."

I love it.

[shakemyass9878]

I can't wait for them to do this with a THz

:P

[ladysosyalera]

hey why are you white people have a lot of talking?

[CamiloSanchez1979]

I think is all about probability, if the state is in a 99% probable state then it's predictable enough...but as some people points how did they achieve that?

[avrilinblood]

Dislike, they didn't provide one bit of explanation on how exactly they verified the resonator was in a quantum state of motion...

[nintendodude101]

So is it wrong that the second I heard that microwaves were totally key that I thought of the Steins;Gate anime?

[meyerjac]

Does this mean we can finally do Schrodinger's cat in the lab?

[DurexDurpaneu2]

And then I QM jizzed in my pants...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!! This is insane!!!