UK-based Slingshot Simulations, was founded in 2019 by Dr. David McKee (CTO) as a spin-out from the University of Leeds. The company focuses on using spatial big data, to underpin large digital twin models, for some of society’s biggest challenges like climate change, public health & sustainability. Its main product, “Compass Engine”, is a no-code SaaS platform where enterprises can upload their data, automatically find links within it & create virtual representations thereof. Side note: Slingshot Simulations also participates in global knowledge sharing in the digital twin space, through the industry’s Digital Twin Consortium (of which the founder is a co-chair) & the UK’s Center for Digital Built Britain. It’s worth mentioning that the global...

Going from small to large-scale quantum computers requires overcoming several challenges. One is how to (optically) address each qubit in a large array, without needing a vast number of input/ output connections to the chip? In fact, quantum chips need to be controlled just like conventional CPUs, which contain billions of transistors, but are interfaced (to a motherboard) using only a few hundred input/ output connections. Achieving this means not only i) manufacturing quantum chips using the same processes used to make conventional CPUs, but also ii) designing the electronic circuits in a way that they can function at the ultralow temperatures (-273 degrees) (required for stable qubit operation). UK-based Quantum Motion (QM) has demonstrated...