Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Quantum-Dot Charge Qubit Breakthrough in Development of Quantum Computers. A Hitachi-Cambridge team develops a new silicon qubitHitachi Europe Ltd. announced today that a Hitachi-Cambridge team has developed a new silicon device for quantum computing: a quantum-dot charge qubit. This structure, based on years of work on single-electronics, is the first step in the development of a quantum computer based on conventional silicon technology. [Physics Org] 9:10:02 PM

Boilercast: Purdue University Podcasts and RSS Boilercast: Purdue University lecture podcasts. Purdue University has begun providing podcasts of lectures of some courses, intended for students who miss a class or who want to review specific lectures. Users of the service can download a specific lecture or all of the lectures from an entire course. Apparently also open to the public it is called Boilercast, about 50 classes are starting now for Fall 2005. [MetaFilter] 9:04:55 PM