[Avid-L2] Re: OT: Quantum Dots???

Well as a former cat owner and soon to be again I have spent a lot of time observing Cat behavior. Weather in a black box or on a black box my cats always exhibited an inert state, until 4 am when according to my cats gravity stops existing and you have to check to see if things will still fall off the night stand. I'm a little sketchy on the complete Schrodinger cat model, I had Quantum Physics back in 79 but empirical data suggests at least my Kitty control group had a high "probability" of sleeping to infinity even at the speed of light.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, DAVID KOSLOW <davekoz@...> wrote:
>
>
> Ya know, i invoked good ole Schrodinger last week...explained the
> paradox to my client and then pointed out....they didnt have a damn cat
> in the first place!
> kOz
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 2:08 PM, johnrobmoore wrote:
>
> It's bad enough how the presence of a camera already alters reality.
> Now we'll have the throw the Heisenberg uncertainty principle into the
> equation. Just by "imaging a scene", note I didn't say taping or
> filming, the camera person/nuclear physicist will be altering reality
> just by observing. And what happens when the camera is on a rocket
> passing by the earth at half the speed of light shooting a person on the
> earth turning on a flashlight? Will I be older or younger at the end of
> the take? Oh man I'm having some Berkeley flash backs, the physics kind
> not the other stuff that comes in dots. Oh well it's time to pet
> Schrodinger' s Cat. ;-)
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups .com <mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> ,
> Wilson Chao <wilsonchao@ ...> wrote:
> >
> > From today's NYTimes:
> > http://www.nytimes. com/2010/ 03/22/technology /22quantum. html
> > <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/technology/22quantum.html>
> > Quantum dots are semiconductors and can perform functions now done by
> > traditional silicon-based semiconductors, such as light-to-electrical
> > conversion (CCD sensors) or electricity- to-light conversion (LEDs).
> > Their advantages include:
> > * Tiny size, hence the "dots" moniker
> > * High quantum efficiency, i.e higher sensitivity in image sensors
> > * Quantum "tuneability" ; manipulation of their physical
> > characteristics allows precise tuning of their quantum energy levels,
> > ie. colors of LEDs
> > Quantum dots are only now coming to market as they haven't yet been
> > successfully manufactured in commercial quantities, but they're a Next
> > Big Thing.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:30 AM, David Dawkins <dawk2@> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.theinqui rer.net/inquirer /news/1597383/ quantum-film-
> >> replace-cmos
> >> <http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1597383/quantum-film-replace-cmos>
> >> http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Quantum_dot
> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_dot> Its still pretty much
> >> Greek to me.
> >> Wilson?
> >> DD
> >
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_dot>
> <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>
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