Terrific introduction to Quantum Computing,

Terrific introduction to Quantum Computing, a new kind of computing that is fast becoming a reality (I actually saw a working prototype Quantum Computer at the MIT Media Lab a couple months back). With a Quantum Computer, you can ask the machine to simulate every possible state of a problem set (for example, every possible key to a cipher) and then "collapse" on the solution. I'm not an expert on the subject by any means, but one of the traditional predictions for working Quantum Computing is an end to traditional crypto, while creating quantum crypto schemes that cannot be eavesdropped upon. Link Discuss (via Meerkat — thanks, Dan for clarification)