QUOTE(dogomchawi @ Oct 18 2005, 05:25 PM)
This was inspired by the other guys post about the speed of light.
So the new thing is using light waves to do computing =)
Of course it isnt really working yet but I thought it was really cool so i figured i would post something here.
The basic working thing is that you supercool atoms to within a few degrees of absolute zero. Then you send a beam of light through them - and - viola, a baby can crawl faster than light.
What happens is that as the light wave passes through the frozen atoms its speed is dramitcally reduced. So much so that the speed of light goes from 186,000 miles per second to 1 mile per hour!
Scientists are able to control how long the light wave is held at the speeds the determine and which direction it goes in afterwards. So imagine your hardrive or something being a mini-freezer that slows light down - does computations - and send its along on its merry little way. Talk about super-computing.
They have been able to control a light pulse so much that it seems to fade and then stop, then starts up again whenever its called. The process doesnt involve stopping the actual photons. What happens is that the information about the light wave is rapidly stored in special atoms that are trapped with a glass tube. Then when the light needs to be manipulated the photon information is turned into a replica of the original wave and sent where it needs to go.
It taps into the heart of Quantum Mechanics to create the ultimate computer.
Einstein argued that light speed was the absolute limit of speed in the universe. So technically if you used a computer that operated at light speed it would be the fastest computer in the universe =)
You could play World of Warcraft 24/7 and never have a single stich of lag in IronForge!! WOOT That right there is a reason to get a light-speed compy.
What do you guys think?
So the new thing is using light waves to do computing =)
Of course it isnt really working yet but I thought it was really cool so i figured i would post something here.
The basic working thing is that you supercool atoms to within a few degrees of absolute zero. Then you send a beam of light through them - and - viola, a baby can crawl faster than light.
What happens is that as the light wave passes through the frozen atoms its speed is dramitcally reduced. So much so that the speed of light goes from 186,000 miles per second to 1 mile per hour!
Scientists are able to control how long the light wave is held at the speeds the determine and which direction it goes in afterwards. So imagine your hardrive or something being a mini-freezer that slows light down - does computations - and send its along on its merry little way. Talk about super-computing.
They have been able to control a light pulse so much that it seems to fade and then stop, then starts up again whenever its called. The process doesnt involve stopping the actual photons. What happens is that the information about the light wave is rapidly stored in special atoms that are trapped with a glass tube. Then when the light needs to be manipulated the photon information is turned into a replica of the original wave and sent where it needs to go.
It taps into the heart of Quantum Mechanics to create the ultimate computer.
Einstein argued that light speed was the absolute limit of speed in the universe. So technically if you used a computer that operated at light speed it would be the fastest computer in the universe =)
You could play World of Warcraft 24/7 and never have a single stich of lag in IronForge!! WOOT That right there is a reason to get a light-speed compy.
What do you guys think?
NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am stunned i hear about them the first time!!! that the heck but oh my god i was thinking about something like that after 20 years!!! thats a new think .
