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Friday, September 14, 2012

Scotch tape may stick quantum computing to the masses - FutureTech on NBCNews.com

Scotch tape may stick quantum computing to the masses - FutureTech on NBCNews.com
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  1. RAYLOKESeptember 14, 2012 at 2:41 PM

    BREAKING Down as in delegating job task is just-like ''making proper use'' of a scotch tape ! ...Until now, therefore, incorporating superconductor properties into semiconductors has been done only at lower temperatures, below minus 418 degrees F.
    To overcome this hurdle, Burch and colleagues used double-sided Scotch tape to stick a high-temperature superconductor onto a glass slide and attach it to another glass slide with a special type of semiconductor called a topological insulator taped to it.
    “We put one on top of the other and what happened is the high-temperature superconductivity from the superconductor bled over into the semiconductor,” Burch explained.
    He likened the bleeding-over effect to “static electricity, where you bring one thing to the other and they grab each other.”
    While the technique, today is at the gee-whiz stage, Burch said it is a stepping stone on the path to building quantum computers of the future with superconductors. Such computers, for example, will be able to break down large numbers into their prime components, making code cracking easier.
    A paper on the research was published Sept. 11 in the journal Nature Communications.

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