Good Golly! Quantum Locking Is Crazy Cool

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

I don’t know how they’ll get around the whole problem having to supercool the components, but it’s amazing to think what might be possible in the future.

Just think of the roller coasters.

When you think of far-in-the future hard scifi, much technology is already in place and taken for granted. But to get to such far flung technology would have taken long development and many baby steps, and this sort of stuff strikes me as one of those baby steps.

Good golly.

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  1. markinaustin's avatar
    markinaustin, on July 13, 2012 at 8:17 pm said:

    I am going to watch this a second time, now, and then go to sleep. I am too tired to think, but this is cool.

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    okiegirl, on July 14, 2012 at 6:08 am said:

    All, we have postponed the I, Judas book review yet again to give us time to participate in ongoing real life dramas. Sorry for the late notice. If you want to participate, please let me know if weekend of July 28th will not work for you.

    I hope people do participate. I liked the book.

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  3. Fairlington Blade's avatar
    Fairlington Blade, on July 15, 2012 at 4:38 pm said:

    Hey all!

    I can participate this time! I sadly forgot to bring the books I was going to read on my great trip to Missouri (and back again). It’s not the worst of things I forgot to do, though. Leaving the front door open when nobody is going to be home for a week is something for which I’ll be ribbed for years (justifiably).

    The wife and kids take off for Costa Rica on Tuesday, so I’ve got 6 weeks solo. I’ll make I, Judas, a project. It was slow going to get started. There are a few other books that I’ve loved that went that way, most memorable of which is Steven Donaldson’s Gap series. The heroine goes through a truly horrific series of events. The pay-off is incredible, though.

    My other project is fitness. I’m buying a bike tomorrow and plan to commute on wheels several times a week. The new Wilson bridge has a bike path and I can go through Oxen Hill Farm to get close to work. The NRL librarian was mowed down by a truck in an industrial district that used to be the only way to bike to NRL, so I gave up on biking years ago.

    BB

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