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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Making sense of a visible quantum object: Aaron O’Connell on TED

Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough experiment, Aaron O’Connell has blurred that distinction by creating an object that is visible to the unaided eye, but provably in two places at the same time. In this talk he suggests an intriguing way of thinking about the result. (Recorded at TED2011, March 2011, in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 7:51)

Watch Aaron O’Connell’s talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 900+ TEDTalks.

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