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A Playful Approach to Quantum Computing

Screenshots of the Decodoku app
Decodoku screenshots

One day, quantum computers will perform rapid calculations and solve complex tasks for us. However, there are a few hurdles to overcome along the way. Basel-based physicist Dr James Wootton is searching for methods that allow information to be encoded and then decoded again using quantum mechanics. And a game for smartphones is going to help him do so.

18 July 2016

Screenshots of the Decodoku app
Decodoku screenshots

Decodoku is available as an app in two versions – for iOS and also for Android. The game can also be played online. For anyone who wishes to delve deeper into the subject, Wootton gives a detailed and comprehensible description of the scientific background to Decodoku on his blog. He also answered, along with other quantum researchers from Switzerland, questions about the game and his research on the science section of popular website Reddit.


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Dr James Wootton, University of Basel, Departement of Physics, Tel. +41 61 267 36 94, email: james.wootton@unibas.ch

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