A 2048 qubit D-Wave 2000Q™ quantum computer was used to predict phase transitions within a particular quantum mechanical system known as the transverse field Ising model. This work has significantly raised the bar in regards to size and complexity of the problems addressed by fully programmable quantum computers. The D-Wave system is capable of programming …
Hubspot has a suite of products to organize, track and manage leads, sales and marketing. They have an interesting completely free to use CRM offering. Hubspot is offering a basic CRM product for free and commit to keeping it free. There are numerous testimonials that it is easy to use and intuitive. Demo and training …
In the World Bank’s ranking by 2017 GDP, the largest economy is the United States, followed by China, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom. In the rankings of 2017 GDP released in early July, China remains the world’s second-largest economy with $12.24 trillion, compared with $19.39 trillion for the US. The figure previously stood at …
At intensities around 1024 Watts per square centimeter the field should be strong enough to start to break the mutual attraction between some of the electron-positron pairs. This is basically breaking the quantum vacuum of space. New research proposes the collision between an electron beam with energy in the tens of GeV and a laser …
In 2006, the RAND corporation found that from 1965-2005 the US Navy had 7-11% annual inflation for its ships which is worse than the inflation for US college tuition and US healthcare. This was before the Zumwalt destroyers (aka DDX) came in at $7.5 billion each compared to the previous destroyer at $1-2 billion each. …
Russia claims that will soon put a new hypersonic mach 6 Vympel R-37M air-to-air missile onto its fighter planes. The claimed specifications are * a range of 188 miles * 132 lbs of explosives in the warhead * speeds of up to Mach 6. This missile would be 50% faster and have 60% more range …
Isreali startup SpaceIl plans to launch a lunar lander and robotic rover to the moon in December, 2018. SpaceIL had been competing in the Lunar Xprize contest. The Lunar XPrize had a few deadline extensions but was finished with no winner earlier this year. The SpaceIL spacecraft is about the size of a dishwasher. SpaceIL …
Loon (stratospheric balloon internet) and Wing (drone delivery) are graduating Google’s X-lab to become two new independent businesses within Alphabet. Loon will work with mobile network operators globally to bring internet access to unconnected and under-connected people around the world. Wing is building a drone delivery system to improve the speed, cost, and environmental impact …
Millions of Chinese are using assisted reproductive (IVF and egg freezing). The market could potentially be worth around US$15 billion. For decades, couples in urban China were only allowed to have one child, but China is trying to boost its shrinking workforce and now allows two. China’s market for IVF alone was worth US$670 million …
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) project will cost about $40 billion from now to 2030 and will produce a chemical rocket about 1000 times more expensive to launch than a SpaceX BFR. SLS will start inferior to the SpaceX Falcon Heavy and then will be years later than a superior SpaceX BFR. SLS funds would …
Elon Musk made a serious attempt to provide another rescue option for the boys trapped in the Thai cave with a mini-sub. His newest commitment is to fund fixing Flint water contamination. Elon Musk is building a long list of projects to save people with problems. In 2017, Elon Musk delivered a 100MW battery farm …