The Next Generation Internet

[Jubal]

I thought this was interesting, a look at the sort of infrastructure that - you never know - might be carrying Exilian's webpages around the world if we're still here in another ten years' time

Imagine super-fast computers that can solve problems much quicker than machines today. These "quantum computers" are being developed in laboratories around the world. But scientists have already taken the next step, and are thinking about a light-based quantum internet that will have to be just as fast.

It's not easy to develop technology for a device that hasn't technically been invented yet, but quantum communications is an attractive field of research because the technology will enable us to send messages that are much more secure.

There are several problems that will need to be solved in order to make a quantum internet possible:

• Getting quantum computers to talk to each other
• Making communications secure from hacking
• Transmitting messages over long distances without losing parts of the message
• Routing messages across a quantum network

Link to full article:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41570933