I suspect this may be redundant information as my readership is probably entirely contained in the superset of D-Wave’s blog readership, but… For anyone who didn’t see it, there is a series of new posts over at Geordie’s blog about D-Wave’s technology, aims, results, fabrication and mostly anything else you could wish to know about [...]
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Some nice D-Wave info
Posted in RSFQ, learnin' stuff, links, quantum computing, superconductors on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Designing qubit circuits
Posted in RSFQ, experimental insights, learnin' stuff, quantum computing, research blogging on October 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s hard work being the only postdoc in the village. One day I’m fixing wiring on the fridge, the next I’m analysing the effect of spin-flip scattering on my superconductor-ferromagnet data. Today I’m being the local RSFQ/SQUID layout afficionado.
I’m designing some qubit circuits. Process design rules are a pain, there are about 10 layers in [...]
Singularity Summit 2009 day 2 – some thoughts
Posted in conferences, learnin' stuff, transhumanism on October 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Many people have blogged about the SS2009 talks much better than I could, so instead I’ll talk about the atmosphere I experienced over the last two days here in New York.
Everyone seemed to be very excited about being here. I’ve never felt such a buzz before from attending a conference. In addition, everyone seemed interested [...]
Singularity Summit 2009 Day 1
Posted in BCI, conferences, learnin' stuff, transhumanism on October 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I started today with a stroll through Central Park and a coffee on Madison Avenue. Things just got better from there on really…
The Singularity Summit 2009 opened in the small but perfectly formed Kaufman Concert Hall, 92nd Street, New York, NY. I say it was small because fitting 800+ Singularitarians in there was a bit [...]
The low hanging fruit of the ivory towers
Posted in controversial..., learnin' stuff on October 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the last couple of days I’ve been on a business course for researchers. We’ve been putting the Acumen into Academic, sorting the Dragons from the Deadwood, and converting PhD into USP. We’ve been taught networking skills, including how to analyse and survey a room full of people, the kind of groups that people form [...]
Coffeebreak Links 200809
Posted in conferences, learnin' stuff, links, transhumanism on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Everything’s been so busy this past week, I’ve got a whole load of links and they’re all completely disorganised, but here are a few just so I a get them off the backlog pile:
A really interesting company I learnt about recently:
Evolved Machines
Upcoming Events
World Future Society conference 8-10 July 2010, Massachusetts
World Future 2010
SENS4 Conference in Cambridge, [...]
Singularity University 2009
Posted in conferences, learnin' stuff, transhumanism on August 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been spending the last few days hanging around at Singularity University hosted at NASA Ames in Mountain View, CA (SIlicon Valley).
What an experience. The people here are great, real leaders and entrepreneurs. It’s been inspiring to talk to everyone. The format of the course is several weeks of lectures and presentations by distinguished speakers, [...]
EDUPUNK!!!
Posted in controversial..., learnin' stuff, links, outreach, web on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As much as I admire some of the traditonal values of Oxbridge/Ivy league style University education, I can’t help but love the idea of this new movement…
Via Academic Earth:
Who needs Harvard? How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education
Who’d have thought education and anarchy would join forces?
I’m going to have to put [...]
Quantum Neural Networks 1 – the Superconducting Neuron model
Posted in BCI, RSFQ, feeling dumb, learnin' stuff, quantum computing, superconductors on July 20, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I’m interested in Quantum Neural Networks, specifically how to actually build the things. Any input would be greatly appreciated on this one. This is open notebook science in an extreme sense: I’m discussing here something I’d like to go into eventually, it may be several years down the line, but it’s worth thinking about it [...]
Paper woes
Posted in learnin' stuff, research blogging on July 14, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’m trying to write a journal paper. It’s really hard. It’s the first paper I’ve ever written. Even if it does not get published, it is very good practice. It would be good to be first author.
The paper is about using the experimental technique of switching measurements (aka Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling) to assess the quality [...]
