02-19-2018, 02:31 PM
Hm. Historically we've not dug too deeply into the role or power of quantum computing in the setting, mainly because I don't think most of us understand it well enough to feel comfortable about trying to predict what role it might play in the setting or how it might stack up against other computing tech.
Based on that, I'd probably be leery of comparing this sort of thing to plasma processors - but I do think it could be fun to think about potential applications of this, especially if it could be scaled up to some great degree. If you can quantum entangle a whole bunch of photons could you get more powerful lasers for example? Or some amplified effect like the 'photon tractor beam' we read about a while ago?
We used to have something in the setting called 'photonanotech' that apparently used light to do a lot of its thing. And we currently do have 'quantum nanotech' (aka nanotech with no moving parts). Perhaps this effect could play a role there?
Just some thoughts,
Todd
Based on that, I'd probably be leery of comparing this sort of thing to plasma processors - but I do think it could be fun to think about potential applications of this, especially if it could be scaled up to some great degree. If you can quantum entangle a whole bunch of photons could you get more powerful lasers for example? Or some amplified effect like the 'photon tractor beam' we read about a while ago?
We used to have something in the setting called 'photonanotech' that apparently used light to do a lot of its thing. And we currently do have 'quantum nanotech' (aka nanotech with no moving parts). Perhaps this effect could play a role there?
Just some thoughts,
Todd