Brent, I think that's the main utility. Perfect simulations of atomic interactions will enable the virtual testing and design of nanomachines.
Once we have nanomachines then we have star-trek-style replicators (molecular assemblers). Jason On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 1:06 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote: > I thought the big application of QC after encryption, was going to be > protein folding and similar biomolecular interactions. > > Brent > > On 7/7/2020 4:56 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > Dr. B may still be right though. > > 30 years from now quantum computers (as promoted in 2020) will still have > no impact on practical computing applications. Maybe in cryptography, or > maybe not. > > Though quantum aspects in materials science could turn out to be useful, > so its impact on computing will be of a peripheral nature (in sensors, > etc.). > > @philipthrift > > On Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 5:59:54 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 6:44 AM Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > *If we can factorise a number sensibly bigger than 15 in my lifetime, >>> I will be impressed* >> >> >> Back in 2017 the number 291,311 was factored by a quantum computer: >> >> The experimental factorization of 291311 >> <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.08061.pdf> >> >> John K Clark >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e9c1b6d8-5ba1-4a43-96ba-6daad2ccb575n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e9c1b6d8-5ba1-4a43-96ba-6daad2ccb575n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/d32cfba8-347d-0cb6-df80-21c85d1edb49%40verizon.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/d32cfba8-347d-0cb6-df80-21c85d1edb49%40verizon.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUh1x3YqQTnyxoWh55scpqRVdzP2ca54tqBX4EvKR1rtxQ%40mail.gmail.com.
