Spinduino? (from SoCal Minds)
Can't wait to see what a Spinduino could do...
To sum up the to main point, right now computers can only get so much information at a time: the electron is there or the electron isn't there. 1 or 0. If you can see the spin of the electron, its orientation in 3-D space, then you basically have as much information as you can fit on a surface of a sphere in one place all at once, and mathematically, that's A LOT. Moore's Law would basically become irrelevant. As Dr. David Awschalom says though, they need some time.
A key step forward toward quantum computing
From UCSB
Let's see: the time span involved is in the area of a billionth of a second. The affected stuff? Electrons trapped on individual defects in diamond crystals. And just what's going on? Well, researchers say they can electrically manipulate the quantum states of the subatomic particles. It's a key move forward in a rapidly developing but still far off hope for quantum computers, which would take advantage of the spin of electrons for computational and operational activities of the machines rather than relying on transistors or semiconductors. The new such computers, if the research under way now comes to fruition, would be capable of unprecedented speed and greater storage capacity than current models. And if the theory, much less the practice,seems fuzzy, here's a top scientist in the area with a crisp explanation for physicsworld.com of what's up in Santa Barbara.
Electrical manipulation of electrons' quantum state demonstrated to be feasible at blink speeds
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