“Indeed, one could define science as reason’s attempt to compensate for our inability to perceive big numbers.”Scott Aaronson A wonderful quote, eh? Well, I think it is. Anyway, for some odd reason, today I was thinking about the mathematical operation of tetration. Many people have heard about addition, multiplication (which is interated addition) and exponentiation [...]
According to the NYT, quantum computers, still in their early development, have reached the ten qubit milestone. To give you some perspective, a forty qubit quantum computer can perform ten trillion calculations, ten teraops, simultaneously. Forty atoms sitting in a nuclear magnetic resonance rig can rival the power of the largest supercomputers. A thousand atoms [...]
Some folks–well, one at any rate–have expressed surprise that I don’t have more links and rants about nanotechnology on my site. So to address that issue: BN nanostructures stronger, lighter than steel Just to give a little perspective, I first heard about nano back in 1987 when a friend told me about it. I read [...]