Once again, Y.E. Kim's BEC theory gets a leg up, if IBM really has generated a room temp BEC. The guys at Exbits don't seem to realize the implications reach far beyond computing.
IBM’s Achievement In 1995 this was demonstrated for the first time at these extreme temperatures, but today in a paper appearing in *Nature Materials*, IBM scientists have achieved the same state at room temperature using a thin non-crystalline polymer film developed by chemists at the University of Wuppertal in Germany. *I**BM’s Scientific Breakthrough Could Enable Lower-Cost High-Performance Big Data Systems.* <http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3101069/posts> *Xbitlabs ^ <http://www.freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20131210235559_IBM_s_Scientific_Breakthrough_Could_Enable_Lower_Cost_High_Performance_Big_Data_Systems.html> * | 12/10/2013 11:55 PM | Anton Shilov <http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Eernestatthebeach/> For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated a complex quantum mechanical phenomenon known as Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), using a luminescent polymer (plastic) similar to the materials in light emitting displays used in many of today's smartphones. Applications could include energy-efficient lasers and optical switches, critical components for future computer systems processing Big Data Quantum Phenomenon Could Mean Breakthrough for Exascale Systems This discovery has potential applications in developing novel optoelectronic devices including energy-efficient lasers and ultra-fast optical switches – critical components for powering future computer systems to process massive Big Data workloads. The use of a polymer material and the observation of BEC at room temperature provides substantial advantages in terms of applicability and cost. IBM scientists around the world are focused on an ambitious data centric exascale computing program, which is aimed at developing systems that can process massive data workloads fifty times faster than today. Such a system will need optical interconnects capable of high-speed processing of Petabytes to Exabytes of Big Data. This will enable high-performance analytics for: energy grids, life sciences, financial modelling, business intelligence and weather and climate forecasting. Bose-Einstein Condensation The complex phenomenon IBM scientists demonstrated at room temperature is named after the renown scientists Satyendranath Bose and Albert Einstein who first predicted it in the mid-1920s and only later experimentally proven in 1995. A Bose-Einstein Condensate is a peculiar state of matter which occurs when a dilute gas of particles (bosons) are cooled to nearly absolute zero (-273°C, -459°F). At this temperature intriguing macroscopic quantum phenomena occur in which the bosons all line up like ballroom dancers. (Excerpt) Read more at xbitlabs.com<http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20131210235559_IBM_s_Scientific_Breakthrough_Could_Enable_Lower_Cost_High_Performance_Big_Data_Systems.html>...
