As many of you now know, I stepped away from Mad Monkey recently. For the past twenty years I have been fascinated with Quantum Science.
My background apart from the last 13 years in hospitality is in data science, I was an engineer in the UK military, I spent 15 years working in Root Cause Analysis software for banks, defence and telecoms applications. Effectively working out why sh*t happens and causal analysis in incredibly complex data structures. This was 20 years ago, things have moved on, and quickly.
During my “Gardening leave” from Mad Monkey I invested over 150 hours speaking to 100 of the worlds best scientists and experts in every area. Now, I am not a Quantum expert, I do not have the brain power nor the mathematical inclination to ever be an expert, but you don’t need to be an expert to understand the implications.
For the Gen-X layman here is what each does - apologies to my colleagues for my dramatic over simplification, my followers (mainly Gen-X) are not quantum experts. However most of them will be familier with StarTrek, Starwars, and SciFi - so apologising for trite, cliched and far far away use cases - here is how one may think of Quantum in terms of the SciFi world.
**Quantum Gravity -**potentially revolutionising our understanding of black holes, early universe cosmology, fundamental forces, and leading to advanced technologies and new theoretical insights.
**Quantum Communication -**Quantum communications leverages quantum entanglement and superposition to enable ultra-secure data transmission and advanced networking capabilities. Secure data communication at distance. This is being used now. This is at early adopter stage.
**Quantum Sensing -**Quantum sensing utilises quantum phenomena to achieve unprecedented sensitivity and precision in measuring physical quantities such as time, magnetic fields, and temperature. **This is unbelievably real now.**Quantum sensing is being used to find oil, minerals and starting to be used in medicine. This is at the early adopter stage. Think of the trichorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Peq_oQMck&t=75s
Quantum Computing - quantum computing leverages quantum bits (qubits) to perform computations exponentially faster than classical computers for certain problems. These NP hard and other types of problems can not be processed at scale with classical computing. But potentially can be with quantum computers - what this means is that when we have scalability in Quantum computing our computation power will be able to unlock some of the mathematical solutions to complex problems, in finance, chemistry, materials. The position of QC is under hot debate, but it is undoubtably moving forwards, perhaps 3 to 10 years away from a significant usability. Early trials are happening now.
Quantum Cryptography: Employing quantum mechanics to create theoretically unbreakable encryption methods for secure communication.
Quantum Materials: Studying and engineering materials whose properties are governed by quantum mechanics, such as superconductors and topological insulators.
Quantum Simulations: Using quantum systems to simulate complex physical, chemical, and biological processes that are difficult to model with classical computers.
Quantum Metrology: Improving measurement standards and precision using quantum phenomena.
Quantum Biology: Investigating the role of quantum mechanics in biological processes, such as photosynthesis and enzyme reactions. You can think of this as the programming that would go into your trichorder, or the holodeck.
Quantum Information Theory: Exploring the theoretical aspects of information processing and transmission using quantum systems.
