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Many of us started learning by counting on our fingers – and sometimes on our toes too. Today’s computers are very good at doing this simple counting very quickly.

But, as you can discover at The University of Western Australia next week, future computers are likely to use the strange properties of quantum mechanics – such as objects being in two places at once – to solve problems that are impossible with conventional computers.

Professor Andrew White of the University of Queensland will use cartoons, a demonstration and no equations in his lecture on discoveries in quantum computing at UWA’s Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics Building, at 6pm on Tuesday, November 13.

He will talk about building a quantum computer with light, explain the concepts of quantum superposition and entanglement in everyday, even culinary, terms, and report the latest breakthroughs.

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