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Tech scientists to improve qubits life-span

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The difference between classical bit and qubit technology Technology scientists from Yale university have successfully improved the technical lifespan of Qubits , the data carriers of quantum-computers. One of the major issues with Qubits is reading the quantum state without changing it and stabalizing the qubits themselves. Lifespan is often very short, external influences degrade the integrity of the data. The Yale scientists now have developed a method to stabalize the degradation by automagically replacing the changes made by external influences by the original contents of the specific qubit based on error-correction technology. By scanning and comparing qubits on a constant basis, changes can be detected almost immediately and be recovered into their original state.

Tip: Need a quick and easy way to get your latest flight info?

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Seach Google for the latest flight information This is what I found out when I was searching Google for the Consumer Electronics Show for next year... I mistyped the year (i.e. 204 instead of 2014) and here's what I got: If you know your flight number, just type it in on Google Search et Voila! Now isn't that just easy?!

Medi-tech / H+: Genetically engineered humans have already been born

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Genetically engineered humans have already been born The earthshaking news appeared some years ago in the medical journal Human Reproduction under the impenetrable headline: "Mitochondria in Human Offspring Derived From Ooplasmic Transplantation." The media put the story in heavy rotation for one day, then forgot about it. We all forgot about it. But the fact remains that the world is now populated by dozens of children who were genetically engineered . It still sounds like science fiction, yet it's true. In the first known application of germline gene therapy — in which an individual's genes are changed in a way that can be passed to offspring — doctors at a reproductive facility in New Jersey announced in March 2001 that nearly 30 healthy babies had been born with DNA from three people: dad, mom, and a second woman. Fifteen were the product of the fertility clinic, with the other fifteen or so coming from elsewhere. The doctors believe that one cause for failure of

Electric cars have been around since the 1880’s

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The electric car prototype made by Henry Ford and Thomas Edison in the 1800's The current trend in the global car market is the Electric Cars , EV’s  (Electric Vehicles). And as it seems it’s not a temporary hype, the electric car is here to stay for a long time. No more dependence on gas. No more choking the atmosphere with fumes. But the technology isn't futuristic at all my dearest friends...it's positively even retro. Cars powered by electricity have been on the scene since the later 1800 's and actually predate gas-powered cars! A blacksmith in Vermont — Thomas Davenport — built the first rotary electric motor in 1833 and it to power a model train the next year. In the late 1830s, Scottish inventor Robert Davidson rigged a carriage with an electric motor powered by batteries. In his Pulitzer-nominated book Taking Charge , archaeology professor and technology historian Michael Brian Schiffer writes that this "was perhaps the first electric car." 1904 Kr