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Luigison

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« on: September 25, 2011, 08:27:20 PM »
"Scientists play ping-pong with single electron using paddles made of sound.  Scientists have managed to play 'ping-pong' with an electron, sending it back and forth from well to well sixty times. Control over single electrons may be a way to make quantum computing a reality."

Source:  http://io9.com/5842252/scientists-play-ping+pong-with-single-electron-using-paddles-made-of-sound
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ShadowBrain

  • Ridiculously relevant
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2011, 02:03:21 PM »
This is both incredible and yet, in some indefinable way, profoundly unnerving.
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Weegee

« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2011, 04:43:58 PM »
Seeing as ping-pong is one of the most popular sports in India, wouldn't most scientists already be playing it?
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