The world's first 28-qubit quantum computer was demonstrated this week at the Supercomputering 2007 Conference. Just a day earlier, Scientific American received a press release for Qubitsâ„¢, an educational toy "giving a child the satisfaction of Building Strong Structures just like Mother Nature." Unfortunately for the computing wonks, each Qubitsâ„¢ package comes with a whopping 60 Qubitsâ„¢. Also, the company has trademarked "Qubitsâ„¢." Looks like physicists everywhere need a new unit of measurement.
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