Techworld is reporting that D-Wave, a heavily funded Canadian company, plans to debut a "quantum computer" next week. This computing device "can carry out 64,000 calculations simultaneously (in parallel 'universes'), thanks to a new technique which rethinks the already-uncanny world of quantum computing."
Parallel Universes? Sounds like Star Trek to me, but judge for yourself at D-Wave's website - if nothing else they have some neat pictures. link
Today I bought a quantum car that gets 400 miles per gallon, causes no pollution, can tell me the weather accurately for the next 3 years, and weighs only 100 kilos.
Unfortunately, the car only operates when there's nobody watching.
Get it?
http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Code_Book.html
It is pretty smart written.
Kind regards
Hamster