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The U.S. Department of Energy Unveils Its Blueprint for the 'Quantum Internet'
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(OPEN):
THE "U-S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY" HAS JUST UNVEILED ITS BLUEPRINT FOR BUILDING THE
"QUANTUM INTERNET". SECRETARY OF ENERGY, DAN BROUILLETTE
["BREW-YET"], SAYS THAT IT WILL BRING THE U-S TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE GLOBAL
"QUANTUM RACE"...
(BROUILLETTE):
"THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
NATION'S FIRST 'QUANTUM INTERNET' WILL OPEN NEW POSSIBILITIES OF SCIENCE; STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY; AND OPEN A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES, IN COMMUNICATIONS, INNOVATION, AND TECHNOLOGIES.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST-IMPORTANT FRONTIERS OF THE 21ST-CENTURY. AND, THE
'U-S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY' WILL LEAD THE WAY."
(BRIDGE):
THE "QUANTUM INTERNET" WILL USE THE "SPOOKY" PROPERTIES OF QUANTUM
MECHANICS--TO CREATE, TRANSMIT, AND STORE INFORMATION FASTER, AND MORE SECURELY, THAN EVER.
AND, THE "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S" NATIONAL-LABORATORY SYSTEM WILL SERVE AS ITS BACKBONE.
UNDER-SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE, PAUL DABBAR ["DAH-BAR"], SAYS THAT
IT'S AN AMBITIOUS COLLABORATION...
(DABBAR):
"OUR GOAL FOR THE
'QUANTUM INTERNET' IS TO BRING TOGETHER A BROAD AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY, OF OUR LABS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND
UNIVERSITIES--A COMMUNITY THAT WILL COMBINE TRADITIONAL NETWORKING-CAPABILITIES AND -INFRASTRUCTURE WITH NEW HARDWARE, NEW MATERIALS, AND NEW METHODS, [IN ORDER] TO CREATE SOMETHING
[THAT'S] TRULY GROUNDBREAKING."
(BRIDGE):
QUANTUM TRANSMISSIONS MAKE IT EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT TO EAVESDROP ON INFORMATION.
AND, SCIENTISTS AIM TO USE THAT TRAIT--TO MAKE INCREDIBLY FAST AND VIRTUALLY
"UN-HACKABLE" NETWORKS. ONE OF THE PLAN'S PRIMARY ARCHITECTS IS
DOCTOR DAVID AWSCHALOM ["AW-SHAW-LOM"]--A PROFESSOR AT THE
"UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO", AND THE SENIOR SCIENTIST AT
"ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY"...
(AWSCHALOM):
"THE QUANTUM-COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK HARNESSES THE STRANGE RULES OF QUANTUM
MECHANICS--WHICH ENABLE PARTICLES TO EXIST IN MULTIPLE STATES AT ONCE, AND [TO] BE
'ENTANGLED' WITH ONE ANOTHER OVER VERY LONG DISTANCES--EVEN WITHOUT A PHYSICAL CONNECTION.
THIS ALLOWS SCIENTISTS TO CREATE FUNDAMENTALLY NEW TYPES OF TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS."
(CLOSE):
CRUCIAL STEPS TOWARD BUILDING THE
"QUANTUM INTERNET" ARE UNDERWAY IN THE CHICAGO-AREA: SCIENTISTS HAVE
"ENTANGLED" PHOTONS ACROSS A 52-MILE "QUANTUM LOOP" IN THE SUBURBS.
AND, THAT NETWORK WILL SOON BE CONNECTED FROM BOTH "ARGONNE" AND THE
"UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO" TO NEARBY "FERMILAB".
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