Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Feds consider regulation of quantum computers

Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh write in C|Net News:

Quantum computers don't exist outside the laboratory. But the U.S. government appears to be exploring whether it should be illegal to ship them overseas.

A federal advisory committee met Wednesday to hear an IBM presentation about just how advanced quantum computers have become--with an eye toward evaluating when the technology might be practical enough to merit government regulation.

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