Seeker examines how research into quantum computing may uncover more about the universe.
Scientists have built an advanced instrument with parts from a quantum computer that’s sensitive enough to listen for the signal of a dark matter particle. The Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX) at the University of Washington is the world’s first dark matter experiment that’s hunting specifically for axions.
Up and Atom explains how quantum mechanics impacts biology.
While not directly related to quantum computing, it does talk about many of the same quantum phenomena.
Quantum Biology Miniseries Parts 1 and 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc9Xk99gCr4&list=PL1lNrW4e0G8WacM84PX1lqDjUIflPmFCA&index=2&t=464s
A quantum computer isn’t just a more powerful version of the computers we use today; it’s something else entirely, based on emerging scientific understanding — and more than a bit of uncertainty.
Enter the quantum wonderland with TED Fellow Shohini Ghose and learn how this technology holds the potential to transform medicine, create unbreakable encryption and even teleport information.
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Geek’s Lesson shares this full intro course on quantum physics.
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Quantum physics is no longer just for academic researchers or engineers working on quantum computers.
It is quickly becoming a national security imperative.
How quickly quantum advances will influence military power will depend on the work of researchers like Jonathan Baugh. A professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada, Baugh is working on a device that’s part of a bigger project to develop quantum radar. Its intended users: stations in the Arctic run by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, a joint US-Canadian organization.
Lex Fridman interviews Sean Carroll in this thought provoking interview.
Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and Santa Fe Institute specializing in quantum mechanics, arrow of time, cosmology, and gravitation. He is the author of several popular books including his latest on quantum mechanics (Something Deeply Hidden) and is a host of a great podcast called Mindscape. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.
This is the second time Sean has been on the podcast. You can watch the first time here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-NJrvyRo0c
With Google just accidentally announcing “Quantum Supremacy”, Naomi Brockwell chats with a quantum computing expert Eric Dennis about Google’s “Quantum Supremacy”.
What does this mean for cryptocurrency?
Could the cryptography of cryptocurrency be broken?
Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University, and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics.
He is widely regarded as one of the fathers of string theory and in general as one of the greatest physicists of our time both as a researcher and an educator.
This conversation is part of Lex Fridman’s Artificial Intelligence podcast.
Here’s a great explainer video from TED-Ed about Quantum Computing.
With the recent advancements in quantum computing (and the last two blog posts 1 2 ), a foundational understanding of quantum mechanics may be worth looking into.
This video and related blog post gives you a some tips for learning quantum mechanics by yourself, for cheap, even if you don’t have a lot of math background.
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