Currently, the requirements for quantum computers are such that no average person could hope to have one they can work out from their home. Researchers from Oxford University are working on a way to enable you, from the comfort of your home, to access a quantum computer, enabling you to essentially use a quantum computer from the comfort of your home.
David Lucas, the lead researcher on the project, said “Never in history have the issues surrounding privacy of data and code been more urgently debated than in the present era of cloud computing and artificial intelligence. As quantum computers become more capable, people will seek to use them with complete security and privacy over networks.”
Excerpt from interestingengineering.com
Researchers at Oxford University have developed an innovative method enabling millions of users to access quantum computing from the comfort of their homes. The breakthrough, called blind quantum computing, works over existing fiber optic systems and can deliver quantum computing securely, according to a university press release.
Quantum computing is the next generation of computing systems that can reduce computation times from multiple years to a few minutes. This is possible because quantum bits (qubits) serve as repositories of information and can hold values 0, 1, or both simultaneously, as opposed to conventional binary bits. This allows quantum computing several advantages, including parallel processing like never seen before.
… Led by David Lucas, a professor of physics at the University of Oxford, the research team leveraged blind quantum computing to connect two separate quantum computing entities.
The system connects over an optical fiber network, the backbone of the modern-day Internet system. It can connect a quantum computing server with an independent computer that remotely accesses it, much like it would access a cloud server. The independent computer comprises a simple device capable of detecting photons or light particles.