Jul 17, 2026 · 51 min · 11 segments
In a year full of talk about revolutions past (1776) and present (AI), there’s yet another upheaval to ponder: an emerging “quantum revolution” that will change the boundaries of science and industry…
Sophie KostGuest
Bill WhalenHost
Sebastian OrdellGuest
So let's begin this podcast with what I like to call Tech for Dummies, your moderator playing the role of the dummy, as my knowledge of computers is pretty much limited to this laptop that sits in front of me.
Sebastian, maybe you can briefly explain what exactly you're spinning superconducting quantum computers.
And Katerina, if you can build on that and explain exactly what exactly are quantum technologies.
So I may start briefly with what is a quantum computer, and then I can talk about some production in spin qubit systems.
And yes, quantum computers use this kind of strange physics to create a new set of rules for doing computing.
Spin and superconducting quantum computers are particular variants of the hardware that has been developed to achieve these new set of rules for computing.
Spin qubits use technologies which are very similar to the traditional transistors that we use in classical computers.
And superconducting systems use a slightly more exotic hardware to achieve the same means.
So quantum technologies in general are these technologies that rely on these very hard to understand physical properties.
So communications leverages exactly the same physical properties to basically construct communication networks that are completely safe from eavesdropping.
However, quantum communication uses these atomic level properties that mean that if you intercept with the communication stream, that alters the physics.
And because it alters the physics, you know, that destroys the communication.
So let's begin this podcast with what I like to call Tech for Dummies, your moderator playing the role of the dummy, as my knowledge of computers is pretty much limited to this laptop that sits in front of me.
Sebastian, maybe you can briefly explain what exactly you're spinning superconducting quantum computers.
And Katerina, if you can build on that and explain exactly what exactly are quantum technologies.
So I may start briefly with what is a quantum computer, and then I can talk about some production in spin qubit systems.
And yes, quantum computers use this kind of strange physics to create a new set of rules for doing computing.
Spin and superconducting quantum computers are particular variants of the hardware that has been developed to achieve these new set of rules for computing.
Spin qubits use technologies which are very similar to the traditional transistors that we use in classical computers.
And superconducting systems use a slightly more exotic hardware to achieve the same means.
So quantum technologies in general are these technologies that rely on these very hard to understand physical properties.
So communications leverages exactly the same physical properties to basically construct communication networks that are completely safe from eavesdropping.
However, quantum communication uses these atomic level properties that mean that if you intercept with the communication stream, that alters the physics.
And because it alters the physics, you know, that destroys the communication.
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