Big Blue Goes Atomic

Computing powerhouse IBM has created what can only be described as an atomic sized computer. The experimental system utilizes quantum physics to enable the processor and memory to consist of just five atoms combined. IBM says this is the next step in creating computers with superfast calculating abilities, which could eventually be used for ultra-fast database search on the Internet or something else of that nature. The NSA is interested in the project as the computers could be used as code making and breaking machines with advanced cryptography. Read the article on CNET for more information on how quantum computing works.