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I hope this news isn't moved to another forum - many of our readers would be interested in this:
Quantum computer solves problem, without running
http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/06/0222quantum.html
"It seems absolutely bizarre that counterfactual computation – using information that is counter to what must have actually happened – could find an answer without running the entire quantum computer," said Kwiat, a John Bardeen Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics at Illinois. "But the nature of quantum interrogation makes this amazing feat possible."
Quantum computer solves problem, without running
http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/06/0222quantum.html
"It seems absolutely bizarre that counterfactual computation – using information that is counter to what must have actually happened – could find an answer without running the entire quantum computer," said Kwiat, a John Bardeen Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics at Illinois. "But the nature of quantum interrogation makes this amazing feat possible."