Having Fun With Everyone’s Favorite Non-Newtonian Fluid

I had never heard of oobleck, not even from Dr. Seuss, until I bought a chemistry book for my pre-teen that mentioned the sometimes-liquid and sometimes-solid properties of a mixture of cornstarch and water. …

Its Rebirth is Sorely Needed

Journalism died an excruciating death a long time ago. As a voracious consumer of “news,” I have watched as “reporting” has deteriorated into opinion disguised as “analysis.” It’s misleading and, often, outright wrong.

And it’s pervasive. I normally write about quantum computing, and there you have a field with one…

After All, Everything is Binary

It’s a subtle reference in the “Mike & Ike" quantum computing bible. I’ve probably skimmed over it quite a few times. But, just a few days ago, I skimmed up to it one more time and just couldn’t get past it.

…in principle one could store an entire text of…

From Someone Who Has Never Lost

The first political campaign I ever worked on was a successful, local, tripartisan effort. As a follower of American national politics, it was, and continues to be, shocking that Republicans, Democrats, and Independents worked together for the common good despite everyone anticipating a power shift at the end. …

Use this OpenQASM3 feature now.

The OpenQASM 2.0 specification includes features such as reset gates, syndrome bits, and conditional logic. Until recently, all three features only worked with the quantum computing simulator. Then, all of a sudden, reset gates on real devices became reality.

Introduction

Syndrome bits are usually only referenced in regards to error correction…

What does QV really mean?

I’m working on a three-qubit circuit for a paper, so I can’t show the actual circuit just yet, but the key information about it is that all three qubits are connected. Two-qubit CNOT operations are performed between the first and second qubits, the first and third qubits, and the second…

Fun With IBM Quantum Reset Gates

Your first quantum computing circuit, the “hello, quantum world" circuit, looks very similar to the circuit above. You learn about superposition and apply a Hadamard gate, and then you learn about entanglement and apply a CNOT gate. This article does not rehash the plethora of tutorials out there.

Recently, IBM…

Is there anything Qiskit can’t do?

I’m publishing this article because a short time ago I didn’t know that building arrays of quantum computing circuits was possible. In retrospect, considering everything the Python language can do, this really shouldn’t have surprised me. …