Quantum network opens at Urbana library with help of UIUC professors

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) - The first ever Public Quantum Network is at the Urbana Free Library.

“I hope the Public Quantum Network can contribute to this goal and allow students to come and say I am a part of quantum information science, I am a part of the future of science, and I can contribute to this, I can make decisions about this,” said Emily Edwards, the Executive Director of the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center.

The devices are meant to get younger children interested in physics now. You can use each device to learn something different.

“A network for example is the internet. The internet sends information using fiber optic cables that carry light, and the light brings that information to our homes and businesses,” explained U of I Physics Professor, Gina Lorenz.

Students at the university also got to participate in creating the network. It's a major opportunity to work with topics that aren't only relevant now, but will continue for years to come.

“A very big thing that not many people realize how far quantum technology has come in the last several decades and how prevalent it will be in the future. Sort of like an impact that you can’t even begin to understand until it happens later on,” said researcher Soroush Hoseini.

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