Recent content by donkeyhide

no, this is a real phenomenon with quantum computers, apparently. i never read the details, but i have vague impressions of what it might be about for some reason: in normal computers, heat is generated whenever a bit is flipped. it takes energy to do so. some is lost as heat. such...

can someone explain algorithmic cooling to me? (i think that's what it's called.) in a work of fiction i am presently reading, an interior space is cooled by a quantum-computational device engaged in ongoing calculations. the book is 'redemption ark' by alastair reynolds and the technology is...

why is "c" even in the equation? i was hoping someone could explain why light speed even enters the e=mc2 equation. energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. i get that, and what the formula predicts. but why the speed of light? i was never one to go into the mathematics of all of...

thanks. yah, patience is good. but if i don't refresh these, they slide to the bottom and get overlooked.

is this a board full of professionals or are there more laypeople here? perhaps I've come to these boards with questions that are too elementary for anyone to bother with? don't want to bring the level of discussion down. if I'm in the wrong place, i'll go to an easier forum somewhere.

please, will someone take a crack at this? i seriously need a perspective on this.

hi all. I'm new here and am doing some research on nanotechnology. i was hoping i could learn some more here about the 'sticky fingers' problem as it relates to molecular assemblers. my central question is: will molecular assembler bots ever be possible? i've scanned some articles about the...

maybe it's a dumb question, but i thought someone might take a crack at it.

hi, I'm new here. i was hoping someone could answer my question about the immune system. you hear talk sometimes about the possibility of medical nanobots on the horizon. if such nanoscale medical robots were ever to be developed, would the body attack them? i know that the immune system...

hi all. I'm new here and am doing some research on nanotechnology. i was hoping i could learn some more here about the 'sticky fingers' problem as it relates to molecular assemblers. my central question is: will molecular assembler bots ever be possible? i've scanned some articles about the...