Posted
on January 9, 2012, 2:17 pm,
by Equinox Graphics,
under Uncategorized.
Illustrating quantum computing is always a challenge. Information theory, optic benches and quantum weirdness don’t lend themselves easily to beautiful illustrations. But that was the task given to us by the “Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation” at the University of Vienna, for their paper which has been accepted into Science.
Their paper describes a method of “Blind Quantum Computing”. In a world where Quantum Computers are large, expensive, and are used to process sensitive data (e.g. financial transactions, secure communications), the authors anticipate that it will be necessary to perform these computations remotely, on a third party’s computer. Blind computing involves encoding your data in such a way that they can be encrypted, sent, processed while encrypted, the result sent back and then the result decrypted. At all stages on the remote computer the data are hidden and secure. The paper describes and demonstrates a method for performing such a series of operations using quantum-entangled clusters of qubits.
Posted
on January 2, 2012, 2:12 pm,
by Equinox Graphics,
under Animation, Engineering.
The second animated sequence we produced for Secure Satcom Systems (part of the Astrium group). This sequence shows that having secure, continuous connectivity allows decisions to be made with all the relevant information to hand. They establish a secure, stable satellite broadband connection from a moving helicopter, and also get around the major issue of whirling pieces of metal scattering the signal, by pulsing the signal to pass through the gaps (similar to old-school propellor planes, where machine guns were timed to fire between the props).
We created this story to show how having all of your assets linked-up in realtime allows decisions to be made better and faster, with all the information to hand.
(no baddies were harmed in the making of this production)
We produced a short animated sequence highlighting some innovations from Secure Satcom Systems (part of the Astrium group). Not only can they establish a secure, stable satellite broadband connection from a moving helicopter, but they also get around the major issue of whirling pieces of metal scattering the signal, by pulsing the signal to pass through the gaps (similar to old-school propellor planes, where machine guns were timed to fire between the props).
We created this story to show how having all of your assets linked-up in realtime allows decisions to be made better and faster, with all the information to hand.
Watch out for an extended version coming up (once it’s finished processing at HD!)
(no baddies were harmed in the making of this production)
Our Epigenetics animations are now online in Begin Before Birth’s series of Youtube Videos.
The animations help explain the concept of Epigenetics, whereby chemical markers on DNA can switch genes on and off – and these markers can be inherited. Environmental pressures on a parent can lead to adaptation in the child.
