Wily E. Coyote’s Favorite Quantum Lab
This is why education is so important.
Wily E. Coyote watched a short video tour of New Mexico’s Roadrunner Quantum Lab, which is under construction, and then reached out to his old friend, The Quantum Dragon, for an assist. FINALLY, he has a non-zero probability of capturing A Roadrunner, albeit not THE Road Runner. This link may require a Threads account.
This week’s IQT News:
This week’s premium content:
- “Quantum” Machine Learning
- State Control Over China’s Quantum Ecosystem
- SQuADDS: Superconducting Qubit And Device Design and Simulation
- Grades 4-12 Quantum Computing Resources
This week’s Friends of The Quantum Dragon:
- “No organisation can assume that today’s algorithms, standards, or implementation approaches will remain unchanged over the coming decades.” by Simon Pamplin, CTO of Certes
- Microsoft’s Majorana 2 announcement is personal. by Yonatan Cohen, CTO of Quantum Machines
In this edition:
- We don’t all curate newsletters.
- The Evolution of “Quantum Advantage”
- It’s Black Boxes All the Way Down
- Defining the Logical Qubit
- IQM and the Dancing Unicorns
- A Novel List of the Top 5 Modalities
- Free Book: Quantum Mechanics Done Right
- Dr. Olivia Lanes’s Top 5 Horror Movies (Quantum edition)
- OTI Lumionics is raising the bar…
- IQM’s Barbell Codes
- Understanding the QFT Through the FFT
- Quantum Noise Detector
We don’t all curate newsletters.
Point-Counterpoint takes a point made by Dr. Bob “The Godfather of The Quantum Dragon” Sutor and argues a counterpoint for entertainment purposes.
The Evolution of “Quantum Advantage”
Dr. Amit Hagar wrote a history of the notion of computational advantage and its evolution into the search for energy and economic advantages. Unless he’s been holding onto the draft article for a while, it seems that this non-trivial effort was directed at taking another swing at Q-CTRL’s recent claim of “practical advantage.”
It’s Black Boxes All the Way Down
This is an unusually interesting blog post about cybersecurity. Might that be because the author, Denis Mandich, CTO of Qrpyt, is former CIA? That’s classified….
Defining the Logical Qubit
No one… and I mean no one makes better looking anything than Alice & Bob. Plus, this ain’t some multi-sentence or even multi-paragraph glossary definition here. No, no, no, this is a 16-page whitepaper that establishes 5 criteria for evaluating logical qubit claims.
IQM and the Dancing Unicorns
CEO & Co-founder Dr. Jan Goetz was relatively subdued when I interviewed him for “#77: How to Train Your Unicorn.” The image of dancing unicorns seems far more realistic. I mean, seriously, how would you react if you suddenly owned a non-trivial percentage of a billion-dollar company? This link may require a LinkedIn account.
A Novel List of the Top 5 Modalities
Dr. Mathew Chandrankunnel shows transmons and cat qubits as 2 of 5 modalities worth illustrating, which is curious since both are superconducting qubits. No photonics or NVC, both of which usually make the cut. And, of course, the computer itself is biased toward superconducting. This link may require a LinkedIn account.
Free Book: Quantum Mechanics Done Right
In promoting his upcoming “GeorgetownX: Quantum Mechanics for Everyone” on edX, which can be audited for free, Prof. James Freericks of Georgetown University announced that his new textbook should hopefully be released on June 22, 2026, and that the electronic version of it will be free.
Dr. Olivia Lanes’s Top 5 Horror Movies (Quantum edition)
This one thing that seems to be missing from the comments is the suggestion that someone should actually make a quantum-themed Scary Movie. It could be short and AI-generated, but who in the industry is not going to watch it? This link may require a LinkedIn account.
OTI Lumionics is raising the bar…
The Quantum Dragon is working out. [INSERT TRAINING MONTAGE HERE] Why? Because OTI Lumionics is challenging assumptions regarding computational chemistry and raising the bar for future large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers.
IQM’s Barbell Codes
This is not a commentary on IQM’s new quantum error correction (QEC) code, but this just so happens to be the first story I saw after adding the “raising the bar” link above. What are the chances? I’m awarding admittedly worthless bonus points for illustrating the code to resemble a barbell.
Understanding the QFT Through the FFT
I’ve seen Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT) tutorials mention the fast Fourier transform (FFT) and the discrete Fourier transform (DFT), but the ones I remember assume you know what the FFT and DFT are. IBM’s FFT explainer was presented as a way to better understand the QFT.
Quantum Noise Detector
Alan Ho and Prof. Michael Biercuk inspired the Resuscitated Quantum Bullshit Detector, but the original(?) has resurfaced on Bluesky. It’s back to reposting a simple “bullshit” or “not bullshit,” so The Quantum Dragon will continue to monitor for challenges, controversies, and debates under this new name from Dr. Bob Sutor.
- Joab Rosenberg predicts when Microsoft will have to give up on Majorana.
