VIDEO: Microsoft Explains Quantum Computing in a Way We Can All Understand

Quantum Computing -- it's a Term we're Hearing More and More, as Companies such as D-Wave Build their Own Early Versions of Super-Machines. Microsoft, Naturally, is Investing Considerable Resources in the Field as well; its Station Q Research Lab in Santa Barbara Brings Together Experts Studying Topological Quantum Computing, with the Goal of Making a Vastly More Powerful Successor to the Classical Computer. We've Covered Some Quantum Computing Milestones in the Past and while you Might Have a Basic Grasp on the Difference between Qubits and Bits, Microsoft's "Quantum Computing 101" Video -- Published below -- is a Well-Done Explainer, Putting the Implications of this Research in Human Terms. For a Deeper Dive, Check Out this Long Read on Station Q, Detailing the Researchers' Complex and Thoroughly Interesting Work.




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http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/stories/stationq/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg8iCnQTLfM