The D-Wave One system consists of a superconducting 128-qubit chip in a cryogenics system within a 10 square meter room.
Depending on what type of applications the D-Wave One System is applied to, however, it may well be that some of the concerns will be alleviated soon.
D-Wave Systems announced today that it has signed a multi-year contract with Lockheed Martin that includes the sale of its D-Wave One system, which is the first commercially available quantum computer.
Hybrid Propulsion System: Wave-powered and solar energy storage with an auxiliary, vectored thruster for extra speed to address high currents, doldrums or to quickly accommodate changes in mission operations.
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The Canadian-based company, which was founded in 1999, plans to use this round of financing to build on its hardware success by developing more applications for its D-Wave One quantum computer system.
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Rounding out the specs are optical image stabilization (MEGA OIS), intelligent ISO, AF tracking, face detection, HDMI output, and intelligent scene selector with Venus Engine HD image processing and a Supersonic Wave Filter dust reduction system under the hood.
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In short, UniShared has provoked in our teaching eco-system an underground wave of new learning approach that benefit immediately to both the community of the teachers and the community of the learners.
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To log into the system, players just wave their hands in front of the screen.
Many credit him with keeping the nation's financial system solid amid a wave of global shocks.
Such high spreads usually occur when the fear of defaults is high, but given the excess liquidity in the banking system, a default wave does not appear to be in the offing.
But the bigger reason was that regulators were terrified that if they imposed losses on bondholders they would cause a wave of panic across the financial system that would hit funding for all banks.
The Food and Drug Administration just went through a wave of reforms, and the health care system as as whole is getting rejiggered as a result of a new, broader reform law.
Military leaders have embraced the sanguine assumption that the political system will somehow avert a second wave of cuts because it would be so destructive, but as of today the law says the cuts begin next January.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is joining Citigroup and Mastercard to set up a mobile payment system that would let Android users wave their phones in front of a small reader at a checkout counter to pay for something.
On top of which, a state-mandated break-up could trigger a wave of lawsuits, further eroding trust in the system.
The angriest Isaacson ever saw Steve Jobs was when the wave of Android phones appeared, running the operating system developed by Google.
Accordingly, NJ should be able to posit that its proposed sports wagering system would not result in a tidal wave of gambling corruption.
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Many in the utility industry worry that the most vulnerable part of the power system is its work force, as a wave of retirements is depleting the supply of linemen and other craftsmen who keep the lights on.
The Pacific's tsunami warning system began to be set up after a giant wave struck Hawaii in 1946, killing more than 150 people.
New York City, the largest school system in the country, is following a growing wave of districts that have implemented online guidelines, often in the wake of scandal.
Lockheed Martin purchased the system in May, and their contract with D-Wave includes operations and maintenance by D-Wave.
D-Wave is advertisting a number of different applications for its quantum computing system, primarily in the field of artificial intelligence.
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Another part of the problem: Many traders, including a number of high frequency trading firms that normally make up 60% of daily trading volume, stepped aside and stopped buying, draining liquidity from the system when it was trying to deal with a tidal wave of sell orders.
In a nutshell, the system works not over WiFi, but using the Z-wave protocol.
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Baptised Caribe Wave 2011, the exercise tested the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (Caribe EWS).
Multi-codec support for DivX Xvid, MP4 and WMV, and support for virtual 5.1 surround sound delivery transforms the device into a personal entertainment system and HD video (720p) decoding and recording capabilities make the Samsung Wave an outstanding device for capturing, sharing and viewing video.
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Honda's Collision Mitigation Brake System (CMS), for example, uses a forward-looking millimetre-wave radar to scan the road ahead.
This Ocean forecasting system could generate crucial forecast information, such as ocean circulation, sea surface temperature, wave height, to serve the needs of a variety of human activities related to marine hazards mitigation, oil and gas exploration, fisheries, navigation, marine parks management and coastal recreational activities.
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Ghost riding a wave of success with the in-car Sync, Ford has unveiled expansions to its Microsoft-fueled communications system.
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