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Jun 28 20:18 UTC

Show HN: I built a hardware quantum RNG and wired it into a Magic 8-Ball (dnhkng.github.io)

12 points|by dnhkng||1 comment|Read full story on dnhkng.github.io
Gday, author here!

I've wanted to hack together a "real" quantum random number generator for another upcoming project, and I got carried away a bit, and went down the 'over-engineering' cliff. So, for your nerdy enjoyment, I have documented it all up, and I added something cool for fellow "Multiple World Interpretation" followers in the Quantum Mechanics debate.

This QRNG uses sexy bits: Each is the decision of a photon to go left or right after hitting a 50:50 beam splitter. Standard kinda device, where you attenuate a light source down to single photons, offer them semi-mirror to bounce off, and see which PMT detector they hit (or which universe we ended up in ;) ). Basically, Through → bit=0. Bounce → bit=1.

As I take the MWI interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (its the more fun options), I have also built a Quantum Magic 8-Ball. Ask it a questions, and you get and receive exactly one answer here, plus every possible answer across the multiverse.

https://quantumlever.stream/oracle

Enjoy!

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    I have added an endpoint for CLI-dwellers:

    curl -X POST https://quantumlever.stream/api/magic-8-ball \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"question":"Will my sampler touch the multiverse?"}'