Quantum Hard Drives: Proof of Concept - Polidicks

[QUOTE] EETimes - The California Institute of Technology has demonstrated that quantum entanglement can simultaneously transfer whole blocks of quantum information, providing a proof-of-concept for future quantum Hard Drives. The Caltech team claimed that its device is the harbinger of quantum Hard drives that someday may challenge traditional storage technologies with optical memories that use entanglement for access. In its demonstration, the team transferred the state of four quantum memories to an optical signal and back again, claiming that the principle could be extended to any number of parallel transfers into and out of future quantum Hard Drives. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have demonstrated quantum entanglement for a quantum state stored in four spatially distinct atomic memories. [QUOTE] They also demonstrated a quantum interface between the atomic memories—which represent something akin to a computer "hard drive" for entanglement—and four beams of light, thereby enabling the four-fold entanglement to be distributed by photons across quantum networks. The research represents an important achievement in quantum information science by extending the coherent control of entanglement from two to multiple (four) spatially separated physical systems of matter and light. [/QUOTE] Caltech's entanglement technique used lasers to cool the four quantum memories--each a collection of 1 million cesium atoms magnetically separated by 1 millimeter. Next, the researchers want to study the dynamics of entanglement decay as applied to entangled spin waves in quantum magnetic memories. They also want to expand quantum "metrology" whereby quantum states can be generated, stored and transferred using measurements of the ordinarily fragile states of quantum memories.[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/11/proof-of-concept-quantum-hard-drives.html[/url]

I have no idea what all this stuff means so I will just post :science:

is the data retained when the drive is powered down?

how random can you get

Um, I'm not big on quantum mechanics but isn't this impossible?

[QUOTE=BmB;26292133]Um, I'm not big on quantum mechanics but isn't this impossible?[/QUOTE] yeah it's impossible, i wrote the article as a joke

They're already toying with using quantum entanglement for useful things? The future is going to be awesome!

[QUOTE=BmB;26292133]Um, I'm not big on quantum mechanics but isn't this impossible?[/QUOTE] No it's not. There are several prototype concepts, everything from HDD's to CPU's. It's possible, we just need to wait awhile before the tech catches up.

I wonder what kind of impact Quantum Entanglement will make on the whole pirating thing.

Man I would love to visit or work in some technology institute

Why the fuck does no one fund these [I]amazing [/I]ideas? Stupid pricks are too busy trying to find out how to delete photos on facebook instead of doing something useful.

[QUOTE=RayDark;26292555]Why the fuck does no one fund these [I]amazing [/I]ideas? Stupid pricks are too busy trying to find out how to delete photos on facebook instead of doing something useful.[/QUOTE] Facebook is complex enough as is :downs:

And then the Black Hole virus will delete all the info on your HDD

[QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;26292857]And then the Black Hole virus will delete all the info on your HDD[/QUOTE] no you just need to open it up and measure it instant data wipe

What about Quantum? [img]http://www.elec-intro.com/EX/05-14-01/bigfoot15rk.jpg[/img]

Ahh science.

[QUOTE=MIPS;26293905]What about Quantum? [img_thumb]http://www.elec-intro.com/EX/05-14-01/bigfoot15rk.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Weren't those expensive as hell in their day?

As far as i know, Quantum entanglement is incredibly difficult to accomplish with more then a few atoms right now. But still :science: saves the day

Won't quantum computers completely disintegrate all cryptography? Ability to have secrets or ability to have humanity blossom and develop interstellar travel, cures for many diseases and solve age old mysteries of physics, not to mention everything else? It seems like a clear choice, but... I don't even know how to express how torn I'd be with these as choices

Will I be able to run Crysis?

What are some of the capacity capabilities of such concept?