MagiQ's Quantum Crypto Available Now

Interview with MagiQ CEO Bob Gelfond:

Quantum Cryptography, It’s Some Kind of MagiQ
By Martin Hack

At Wall Street he had a successful investment career. As a angel investor he gained experience in evaluating and investing in startups, one of them was Amazon.com. But Bob Gelfond has always been passionate about science and technology. He was also fascinated by the possibilities of quantum computing, so he started to research in which companies he could invest. He soon found out that there wasn’t really any startup around that he could invest in. But yet his keen business sense told him that this is a tremendous opportunity, so he gave it a shot and decided to start his own company – MaqiQ Technologies. A company focused on quantum information systems. He started with building an expert team around quantum computing, that was back in 1999.

I had a chance to talk to Bob and get his take on what we can expect in the future...

Toshiba's Quantum Crypto Entry

Toshiba's Quantum Cryptography System provides one gigabit a second encrypted link with unparalleled security to bridge different sites. All traffic sent through the link is authenticated and encrypted using the IPSec standard. Uniquely, the system frequently refreshes the encryption key using an implementation of quantum cryptography absolutely secure from all possible attacks and with the fastest reported key generation rate. On a more personal level, the company's Network Display System provides anywhere, anytime performance through its ability to function as a personal computer, TV and video phone. All the user has to carry is a hand-held display terminal, which incorporates a wireless network interface to access various services over a wireless link. As the terminal is dedicated to supporting I/O functions it needs no on-board processing or personal data storage capabilities, enhancing its light weight and power efficiency.Demonstrations of both systems will underline the potential of tomorrow's HDN.