6 episodes

Weird new possibilities emerge as we explore the nanoworld, the universe at the length scale of a billionth of a metre. Here the theory of quantum mechanics bewilders our everyday common sense, as Erwin Schrödinger famously expressed when he imagined a cat that was both dead and alive at the same time! Now Dr Simon Benjamin shows us how experts in physics, chemistry and materials science are working together to harness this strange reality. Underlying their research is the promise of building what may be the most exotic and powerful technology ever conceived: the quantum computer.

Caging Schrödinger's Cat - Quantum Nanotechnology Oxford University

- Education
- 4.6 • 16 Ratings

- JAN 11, 2010
- video
Nanotechnology Part 6 - Grand Vision

Nanotechnology Part 6 - Grand Vision

Part 6 of a series of podcasts on Quantum Nanotechnology. In this episode, Simon Benjamin talks about how we might go about creating a technology out of quantum material.
- 8 min
- AUG 17, 2009
- video
Nanotechnology Part 5 - Quantum Machine

Nanotechnology Part 5 - Quantum Machine

Part 5 of a series of short podcasts that explores one route toward the most exotic technology ever conceived: a quantum computer. In this episode we see how we might create a device made from Quantum particles.
- 7 min
- DEC 2, 2008
- video
Nanotechnology Part 4 - Experiment

Nanotechnology Part 4 - Experiment

Part 4 of a series of short podcasts that explores one route toward the most exotic technology ever conceived: a quantum computer.
- 6 min
- SEP 29, 2008
- video
Nanotechnology Part 3 - Atomic Cat

Nanotechnology Part 3 - Atomic Cat

Part 3 of a series of short podcasts that explores one route toward the most exotic technology ever conceived: a quantum computer. In this episode we see how to make a real world version of Schrodinger's Cat.
- 4 min
- SEP 26, 2008
- video
Nanotechnology Part 2 - A Cat's Tale

Nanotechnology Part 2 - A Cat's Tale

Part 2 of a series of short podcasts that explores one route toward the most exotic technology ever conceived: a quantum computer.
- 4 min
- SEP 26, 2008
- video
Nanotechnology Part 1 - Into the Nanoworld

Nanotechnology Part 1 - Into the Nanoworld

Part 1 of a series of short podcasts that explores one route toward the most exotic technology ever conceived: a quantum computer.
- 7 min

4.6 out of 5

16 Ratings

Well explained

Very well explained for a newbie like me.

Good For Non-Scientists

Benjamin explains some fundamental issues in quantum mechanics well, and how he hopes to use QM practically. I had only two small gripes. 1. It did not need to be six parts. 2. It is already several years old, so if progress was possible as quickly as he suggests, this podcast would be out of date.