Is the quantum Internet finally here?
If you’ve ever attended the premiere of a film or an event where a new type of car is presented, you’ll know that there’s a slight buzz of excitement that comes from not knowing what to expect. I’ve been feeling that buzz for the past two weeks, leading up to an event that promised a “world premiere live demonstration of the next step in quantum cryptography”. It was not that the whole event was clouded in mystery, as some small teasers were released leading up to it. Still, with all the recent developments on the quantum Internet, I was left wondering: what exactly is the “state of the art” they plan to demonstrate? The event, which took place on Tuesday this week, was organized by a group of institutes and companies involved in quantum cryptography in the Netherlands. Amongst them were QuTech , a collaboration of the Delft University of Technology and the Dutch Institute of Applied Scientific Research (TNO). Another was Quantum Delta NL , a Dutch umbrella ...