Quantum Physics in the Real World
Like Duolingo, but for Quantum Physics in the Real World. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
24 levels across 3 sections, about 48 minutes end to end, roughly 10 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Quantum World in Your Pocket, The Rules of the Tiny, and Engineering the Future. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Quantum Physics in the Real World
- Electrons need to jump across a 'gap' to move and create current
- In insulators, the energy gap is too wide for electrons to cross
- In conductors, there is no gap, allowing electrons to flow freely
- How quantum gaps determine if a material conducts electricity
- Semiconductors have a small enough gap that it can be bridged with a little extra energy
- Adding a small amount of energy (like a voltage) 'toggles' the material to conduct
- The ability to toggle semiconductor conductivity
- A transistor uses a small electrical signal to open or close a quantum gate
- The 'on' state represents a 1 and the 'off' state represents a 0
- Billions of these switches working together perform complex calculations
- Quantum mechanics allows us to shrink switches to the size of a few atoms
- Pre-quantum electronics were bulky, hot, and required massive amounts of space
- Energy bands are the 'lanes' electrons travel in
- The transistor's role as a quantum binary switch
- The spacing between these bands determines the material's electronic personality
- The impact of quantum-scale miniaturization on modern devices
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Quantum Physics in the Real World the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Imagine a material where the energy gap is like a massive canyon. Why does this material act as an insulator?
Get it right to open this lesson and 23 more in the app.
Where Quantum Physics in the Real World takes you
Discover how the strange rules of the subatomic world power your smartphone, secure your bank account, and define the future of technology.
- 1
The Quantum World in Your Pocket
- The Silicon Revolution
- Lasers: Organized Light
- 2
The Rules of the Tiny
- Superposition: The Power of Maybe
- Entanglement: Spooky Connections
- Tunneling: Walking Through Walls
- 3
Engineering the Future
- Quantum Computing
- Precision Sensing and GPS
- The Secure Quantum Internet
3 sections · 8 units · 24 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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