Quantum Computer Game: Help solve a scientific challenge

http://www.scienceathome.org/

So I thought I would make a bit of advertising for this game. The main person behind the project was my lecturer in advanced quantum mechanics after all. Other than that I have nothing to do with it though.

Basically, you have to manipulate potential wells in order to move atoms around, in practice it's very much like a puzzle game, one which takes good reflexes and intuition. Personally I'm not very good at it. The interesting part is that your movement of the potentials (done with the mouse) can be replicated experimentally. This means that if someone finds a good way to move or merge atoms quickly, while retaining the shape of the wave-function (for example, keeping the atom in it's ground state) it can be tried out experimentally. Since the computer optimization is not that great, the human element might improve upon it giving the precision necessary.

This is all part of a process building towards a quantum computer. Precise manipulation and movement of atoms, with very little uncertainty, is a necessity for the creation of qbit. There is also a video on the site, with a bit of explanation.

Aside from that, I think it also gives some intuition about quantum mechanics for non-physicists.

It's fun, but I'm having trouble with my jerky trackball. Quite the entertaining little mindbender.

I've heard of this before. I'd try it if I didn't have Java disabled in my browser for safety reasons.