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INFORMATION &
TECHNOLOGY

New Quantum Tech May (known as bits) of digital communica- Unhealthy lithium-ion batteries can be
Lead to 'Unbreachable' tion are used to encode all kinds of at risk of exploding or catching fire, as
Web Communications data. Two computers sharing quantum well as gradually losing their capacity
information are much more secure, as so that they run out more quickly.
A new telecommunications technique any interception by a third party will Those problems may become even
which uses quantum technology could change the properties of the data it- more important as people move to-
lead to the development of self, allowing easy detection by the in- wards electric cars or other vehicles.
unbreacheable Internet communica- tended recipient.
tion links, an international research "Although the risk of a battery failing
team, has claimed in a paper. The team, co-ordinated by University and catching fire is very low, with the
of Glasgow postdoctoral research fel- billions of lithium-ion batteries being
Researchers from the Universities of low Chandra Mouli Natarajan, to- produced yearly, even a one-in-a-mil-
Glasgow, Stanford, Tokyo and gether with colleagues at Stanford, lion chance would mean over a thou-
Wurzburg described how they have managed to create long distance tele- sand failures," said Rachid Yazami from
implemented a novel tool for a long- communications link for a stationary the Nanyang Technological University
distance telecommunication link which quantum bit for the first time. in Singapore.
is impossible for hackers to breach.
New chip to charge "This poses a serious risk for electric
Published in the journal Nature Com- Smartphone batteries vehicles and even in advanced
munications, the technique could also within minutes aeroplanes as usually big battery packs
underpin the creation of a new form have hundreds of cells or more bundled
of 'quantum Internet'. The maker of a new chip claims that it together to power the vehicle or air-
could reduce the charging times of craft. If there is a chemical fire caused
Scientists have previously used the phe- phones to a few minutes, and could by a single failed battery, it could cause
nomenon of quantum entanglement - prevent dangerous explosions. fires in nearby batteries, leading to an
also known as 'spooky action at a dis- explosion."
tance' - to allow the exchange of infor- The tiny chip could be embedded into
mation over short distances. batteries of all sizes and monitor how Li-Fi 100 times faster than
healthy and charged they are. That in Wi-Fi
This process of entanglement also al- turn would mean that the batteries
lows scientists to encode information would become much safer and quicker Li-Fi can deliver internet access 100
in quantum particles, similar to the to charge, according to the scientist times faster than traditional Wi-Fi, of-
way in which the ones and zeroes who developed it. fering speeds of up to 1Gbps. It re-

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