Google offers a game to discover a quantum computer. Qubit Game wants to generate interest in this discipline.
This Thursday, April 14, the celebration of the World Day of Quantum Science and Technology took place. Did you not know this? Ready. A number of initiatives have been taken to honor this aspect of science, which is still very little known. Google took part in the event, and the American giant offered a somewhat special game, The Qubit Game.
Google offers a game to open a quantum computer
The Mountain View firm doesn’t often miss an opportunity to play and play. The Qubit Game, as 9to5Google found out, is a game made in collaboration with Doublespeak Games, “a playful journey of building a quantum computer one qubit at a time,”as Google explains. The company also hopes that this game and World Quantum Science and Technology Day in general will help spark interest and curiosity in this area of applications.
The game revolves around qubits, the most basic building block of a quantum computer. Everything is very simple to understand – you do not need knowledge of mathematics or quantum physics – your goal is to increase the number of qubits, leaving them cold. The more qubits you have, the harder it is. As you progress, you’ll “discover new improvements, complete big research projects, and maybe get a little more interested in designing quantum computers,”wrote Abe Asfau, director of education at Google Quantum.
Qubit Game wants to generate interest in the discipline
The purpose of this game is to draw attention to quantum computing. It would seem that today there is an acute shortage of brains in this field of application. To do this, Google decided to introduce this game into the classroom, hoping to encourage teachers to talk about this discipline and thereby increase access to quantum computing research.
“We need more students to pursue a career in quantum computing and understand what it means to be a quantum scientist or engineer,” explained Abse Asfau. “For me, that’s exactly what this World Quantum Science and Technology Day is all about: showing everyone what quantum computing is and how they can get involved.”