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Jet-Powered "Superbike For The Skies"

6 May 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Jet-Powered "Superbike For The Skies"  You have seen my eVTOL Blog posts now the future is coming for single riders as this Polish firm emerged out of stealth mode. Meet the Volnaut Airbike - Your personal hoverbike straight from the Future! This fee...

IBM Quantum Advancements and Investments

29 Apr 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

IBM Quantum Advancements and Investments   IBM Introduces Qiskit 2.0 SDK with a C API IBM has gone full in, on making Qiskit THE preeminent Quantum SDK. In version 2.0 of SDK they enhanced speed by moving to Rust bringing 20% enhancement in performan...

Utility-scale Quantum Computers by 2033

15 Apr 2025 1 minute read 1 comment Keith Thuerk

Utility-scale Quantum Computers by 2033   DARPA  is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the Military.  DARPA has waded into the Quantum field...

The Robots are Coming!

25 Feb 2025 2 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk

The Robots are Coming!   Robot Blog, my trepidation I started this blog several times, then deleted it, then created it again.  Here's why.  I am very unnerved by how fast humanity is bringing full functioning robots into the world. It's not just rob...

Microsoft Intro's Quantum computing chip Majorana 1

21 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Microsoft Intro's Quantum computing chip Majorana 1   Microsoft recently announced their major Quantum computing initiative called Majorana 1. The name Majorana comes from named after the Majorana quasiparticle which was first theorized in 1937.  The...

German HPC Center Is The First Buyer For New D-Wave Quantum Computer

18 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

German HPC Center Is The First Buyer For New D-Wave Quantum Computer   Jülich Supercomputing Centre at Forschungszentrum Jülich (JSC) which is located between the cities of Aachen, Cologne, and Düsseldorf.  Purchased the first D-Wave Quantum computer...

Lake Tahoe To Make Waves With First Flying Electric Ferry In US

1 Dec 2024 1 minute read 1 comment Keith Thuerk

Lake Tahoe To Make Waves With First Flying Electric Ferry In US   A few short weeks ago I published a blog on Candela Electric Ferries were purchased by Saudi Arabia for their Neom project. First mover advantage in the USA goes to... Lake Tahoe. They...

Green Graphite in Lieu of Lithium, my case

18 Nov 2024 1 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk

Green Graphite in Lieu of Lithium, my case   The global ESG push covers EV's of all shapes and sizes mostly powered by Lithium. Doesn't it make sense to bring powerful batteries to market that use renewable resources?  Few understand that Lithium is...

IBM Quantum Computing Updates

30 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

IBM Quantum Computing Updates   IBM opens first quantum computing center in Europe - Oct 7 '24 IBM sees the opportunity to sell more quantum computers in Europe by having the ability to bring in customers to an actual quantum center and show them how...

FAA Issues Final Rule For "Powered-Lift" Rating, Paves Way For Air Taxis Over US Cities

28 Oct 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

FAA Issues Final Rule For "Powered-Lift" Rating, Paves Way For Air Taxis Over US Cities  Well wonders never cease I wrote an article back last Fall where the FAA was scheduled to approve Flying Taxis' by 2028 and here we are October of 2024 and we ha...