Tag: quantum

Embracing quantum at an inflection point

Posted on   |  by Professor Elanor Huntington
Henry Ford famously declared, “if I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”. Over a century on, and it is technologies that exploit quantum...

Pressure to release national quantum plan

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Opposition is demanding Industry minister Ed Husic release the National Quantum Strategy, warning its absence is creating drift and risking Australia’s “status and ability to compete” as other...

CSIRO funded for quantum PhDs in research boost

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
National science agency CSIRO has been named the beneficiary of $3.6 million in federal government funding for quantum PhDs promised in the lead up to last year’s election, as...

UK unveils $4.5bn quantum strategy in tech-friendly budget

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The UK government has announced it will invest billions into digital technologies, startups and R&D. The Spring budget includes commitments of £2.5 billion (AUD$4.55 billion) for quantum technologies alone...

AUKUS Pillar Two: Commercial returns for Defence tech?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The fevered anticipation about which nuclear submarines Australia will acquire and where they will be built is understandable. It’s a decades long program worth hundreds of billions of dollars....

NSW looks to local SMEs for quantum edge in transport

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Local quantum firms are being called up to design bespoke hardware that can be used by the New South Wales government to solve problems on Sydney’s creaking public transport...

Quantum Brilliance releases quantum software dev kit

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Quantum Brilliance has launched a publicly available software development tool that enables researchers to deploy miniaturised quantum computers alongside classical computers. Called Qristal, the open-source software development kit (SDK)...