{"id":222673,"date":"2025-09-30T04:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/a-real-physical-thing-quantum-computer-exhibit-at-ohare-seeks-to-make-the-technology-tangible"},"modified":"2025-09-30T04:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:30:04","slug":"a-real-physical-thing-quantum-computer-exhibit-at-ohare-seeks-to-make-the-technology-tangible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/a-real-physical-thing-quantum-computer-exhibit-at-ohare-seeks-to-make-the-technology-tangible","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A real physical thing\u2019: Quantum computer exhibit at O\u2019Hare seeks to make the technology tangible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-real-physical-thing-quantum-computer-exhibit-at-ohare-seeks-to-make-the-technology-tangible.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chicago has quickly emerged as a hub for quantum computing, with the state of Illinois and technology companies pouring millions of dollars into developing a campus to build the world\u2019s first commercially viable quantum computer on the city\u2019s Southeast Side.<\/p>\n<p>But what does a quantum computer even look like? And how do they work?<\/p>\n<p>Those are questions that a new exhibit unveiled at Chicago\u2019s O\u2019Hare International Airport seeks to answer. In Terminal 1, near the massive model of a dinosaur skeleton, travelers of all ages paused on their brisk walks through the concourse to look at the model of the inside of a quantum computer, which resembles a large golden chandelier with four \u201ctiers,\u201d copper wiring and a chip at the bottom. On a screen on one side of the fiberglass case protecting the quantum computer, travelers were able to watch a video explaining the science behind it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago has quickly emerged as a hub for quantum computing, with the state of Illinois and technology companies pouring millions of dollars into developing a campus to build the world\u2019s first commercially viable quantum computer on the city\u2019s Southeast Side. But what does a quantum computer even look like? And how do they work? Those [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}