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Law Office . , w to ‘ i of“ -mn “' ’°"' & If a O O 0 C O I University ofWaterloo opens new Mike and Ophelia Lazartdts Quantum NafiCentre 81180-me , w "r "- 3:5 Comingata fmmadifl'er- Chmkks'alf . ,~, . % ent perspective often leads to new ' '_ “_ ‘ w , it at ways ofthlnking about that prob- he transformation of Water- i l . lem, whether it is chemical, phyat~ ‘ I loo into a region known as ' ( cal and technological or requires the "Quantum Valley” began newenglneulng. said lailamme. last Friday said one of the driving , Q» s "How to help them collaborate forces behind the new Mike and K is to have places where they can Ophelia lauddis Quantum-Nana bump into each other,” said Centre at the University of Water- if fl ‘ £1 Mannie. whose lQC program is loo _ 5‘- ’ oelebntingltawtl'ianniversaryand Mike Lazaridis, co~founder of ‘ fl has grown from 20 people to more Research in Motion, made the . “ than 200. “The collision of people comment during the official open- a to emit-nae ideas is the best way to ing of the $160~million centre. \ makethingshappen. made possible by a SlOO-million - ’ _ "‘ _ "That's why you'll see many donation from the local high tech i" . 5 places in the building for people to guru and support from the federal , . -' ~ ' * get togetherandtalic” and provincial governments ~ y. , ‘ laflamme said they also needed Lazaridis joined a distinguished > to build a centre that was inspiring panel of politicians and scientists. _ and would attract the talent needed including British theoretical physi- . ., to make it a worldclass institute. ’ dst Stephen Hawking. to open the He thinks they’ve accomplished doors of the new facility. Hawking Mike and Ophelia Lauridis are joined by dignitaries, including world-famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawk- that goal. got the rock star treatment from ing, for last Friday‘s opening of the new UW Quantum-Mano Centre named in their honour. 001mm “I'll let you judge. but l think it is students waiting outside the new definitely inspiring," he said . facility, who climbed the glass wall and nanotechnology â€"â€" and mesh particles you don't want because but you can't come and dance in fact. lazaridis and University of the new building's atrium to them seamlessly together. The theyinterfere with the material” here." said lailamme pointing out of Waterloo President Feridun catch a glimpse of one of the hope is their combined efforts on Raymond laflamme. executive the difference in the structures llamdullahpur are already talking world's most famous scientists. tliscovcring”thc properties of small director of IQC, said that a standard "it’s a box inside of a box.” said about the university's first Nob‘el Rut ll was Iararidis who stole things. and how to manipulate room has around two billion parti- Curry. “it's a box that is suspended Peace PrizecomingoutonNC the show by calling on those gath- them, will lead to breakthroughs dos floating amund. So in a catego- independently." “The exciting part of it is that cred to go boldlv Micro no one has In f urthcr that research. the ry lot) room there are less than 100 On-site fabrication facilities also there is going to be significant new gone before. an obvious Star Trek institute for Quantum Computing particles the size of a micron per allow for quick turnarounds on innovation, new products. new rt'lt'rt'nt‘t', and create the type of and the Waterloo Institute for Nan- cubic metre. experiments and the kind of tweak- ideas, new knowledge that will not technology that transforms ciiiliu» ott-chnology will share lhf.‘_lll'W “When yw look at the sun. you ing that isn’t possible in existing exist anywhere else and will come (inns 285.(KKi-squarc foot facility. It fea» see a lot of dust and things.” said research facilities. The tools are in out of this place." said Hamdullah» “Make no mistake. this is not tun-s amenities like a clean room laflamme. “When you go in there, place to give the scientists and Silk pur. “Some immediate examples just another university research area. labs and a building within a therearevery few particles. dents the right conditions to Me are that you may be driving safer facility. although then- an- very few buildingto prevent vibration and to “The reason you want to have “aha" moments, and the goal is to and lighter cars, you may end up facilities like it in lflt' world." said control variables like temperature this is because when you want to create a couple of devices using with batteries that store a lot more la/itndis. who helped pioneer the and sound. any of which can put in devices where you want to quantum principles as soon as pos~ energy or you may come up with smurlphtint' industry With the change the outcome of experi~ manipulate or put into formation sible some cancer dmgs that make an world fallnfllls Blackberry device, “1 moms being done at the atomic â€"â€" or manipulate atoms onebyone The layout of the building. immediateimpecton patients” < believe the work that will be done and subatomic level. â€" dust is your enemy. One spec of designed by Mitchell Hall and Mar- “We're manipulating and ht'n‘ will help transfomt the way we “ibis clean room is meant to be dust could make your device not ianne McKenna of KPMB Archl- designing new matter, and that's live. work and play," very clean and keep out particles of work.“ tects out of Toronto who designed what holds the promise.” said lie made the argument that dis- air and skin so that you can make Die same holds true for vibra- the ClGi campus, allows for anoth- Lazaridis. “When i came here in coverit‘s made at QNC have the very precise materials through don andelectromagnetic radiation. er collision of sorts There are a lot l980 . . . we were exposed to the power to reshape the energy sector, tools and the arsenal we have in the That's why the fabrication facility of open areas and meeting places future. the environment. health care and building," said Arthur Curry. execu- sits floating away from the other so that people from different sden- “We were shown what was pos» economic prosperity live director of WIN. during a tour two components of the new build- tific disciplines can literally “bump" sible and what we can look forward The future of technology is on of the building. "It's cleanest the ing, You can even see the gap in the into each other. to. and that's what drove us to really the atomic level and the Quantum- further that you look down to a cat- floor to prevent the kind of hiccups That, coupled with an open- learn. understand and excel. And Nano (entri- hopes to take two dis- egory too. that impede ingenuity. door policy, aims to foster a culture what's happening now is the same ciplines â€" quantum computing "You can filter out all of those “You can dance where you are, of creativity that leads to discovery thing“ , ' T ' " ’“ " ‘” ’"â€"'""'"â€"â€"â€"‘ ‘“~“ ._. '" f ' ;It' ' ""‘ ”""' ” ' ' ‘ ' ’ A“ "" _ '""" " "hr' ‘\ voun TOP Air/no immune SPA : ‘ nd; i T5 f LASER HAIR Pli/lOV/‘tl, at MINA F». a G l N A S . omnucou t 519.336.2090 9° SPA-Ill! Slum 1:0! in /