Economics and the Quantum Leap

  The Quantum Leap
     Whilst searching for a website to do this assignment on, I remembered that during the lesson I had written on the board that new technologies have effects on economics, and then at that moment I remembered about Quantum Computers, a subject my dad has always touched upon whenever we are eating dinner or just chatting about in the living room. At first, I doubted that such a marvelous thing could exist. Imagine, a super-sensitive computer than can rearrange atoms to form new molecules that can turn pure sunlight into liquid fuel, it'd be impossible... right? Well, not anymore, because they actually exist. According to an article by the University of Chicago, Quantum Computers actually do exist, they work not using binary code like in modern computers but it works by, "encoding information that exists in more than one state at a time, which lets you attack questions very differently" (Lerner). 

      Now, we are far away from achieving the quantum computer utopia we so long for. There exists only one quantum computer that has worked for a record 10 microseconds worth of time. The reason behind this is due to the fact that the computer is extremely sensitive, any sort of change in sound, temperature, light, etc. will make it stop working. However, despite that unimpressive amount of time, the quantum computer was able to turn itself on and off 300% faster than your average computer. Anyway, the true uses of the quantum computer are countless. Since they are so sensitive, they would be able to detect denser areas of rock underneath the surface, possibly representing an oil bed or minerals. They would be able to detect earthquakes and it would be able to peer deeper into protein molecules of cells so that pharmaceuticals can be produced with more effective outcomes. This article really shed some light on the subject, it was really well written to the point in which I actually wanted to continue reading it. 

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