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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 20 Oct 2016, p. 5

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Another applications that's poised to hit the uary before going on a nationwide tour next mechanics, there's enough for them to learn 'We see in the labs thirty that are going to market in the next fewyears is the idea of quan- . year. something newor leama new way ofseeing changeourliveeallthetimeandpeople have murmursfllatwriilaliowmediml premium ‘lt’s pretty exciting ior me and our relative quantum mechanics. The emerience is very no idea what's in our own backyard and how alstoperforrn mexurements and DOTimaging ly small museum in our community to have flexible." transformative these technologies are going to atthe atomic scale. inform said. something built here and premiere here and Though much of the material is geared to be,” she said. 'We want people to just get a little This has a lot of applications for things like then tour Canada for our sesquicentennial. mature audiences, kids can learn about quan- glimpse of the quantum world so they get as cancer detectim. That'skindaoool.'Mamkellsaid. turnwithinteractivedispiaysvideogamesmd eardtedasweareaboutthetedmologycoming "l'hinltofitasabededupMleachimthat Martin Lafarest, the senior manager of familyprogmmsofieredin thewmingmomhs. that isgoingtobeamadng can do a three-dimensional imaging of pros scientific outreach at 10C, said the project “All the hands-on things are fun to play,” ‘ifwe thought computers changed our lives, telns, Fmptoblems in bio-chemistry or person- attempts to distill quantum mechanics and [aforest said. "l’hey are easy to understand and quantum computers and quantum technolo- allzed medldne, there are tremendous appli- . explain how people will use it to build new, designed to keep in mind ldds who may not be gies are going to be exponentially bigger and cations there to figuring out how diseases are l powerfultedrnology. oldenouflitograspthemlnietieaofquamrm MW? camed.’Laforestaaid. . “it’agoingtocreateanewtechnolop'calrw‘ medianics,butareolden0|ghtoaonnlyhave ' Planthaeltptaaliniemoreoomplicmd. ”Theaearejustacoupieofthe applications l olution. and it's coming quicker than we think." fun pushing buttons and turning levers and About a third ofthe ambit is about explain we know today. “be truth ofmatter is. we don't ‘ LaFotest said. seeing very interesting and counter-intuitive ing phenomena that happen in molecules and knowfuiiywhere it's going to go," The team at [QC has been working on the things why they are 'surprlslng and kind of counter For more information about the exhibit. as exhibit for the past in months with the help “Quantum mechanics has a reputation of lntuitive,’ but also “beautiful and fascinating.“ well adialogues, lectures and familypmgmms, of several partners including Astound, Lord being very complex and very hard, but if you said Laforest. visit themuseumra. , A a o 0 0 A“? 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