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Set aside the box for a moment. If you put a turkey into a dining room with The Quantum Dragon on Thanksgiving Eve, is the turkey alive or roasted? This is your friendly public service reminder that the probabilities don’t always have to be 50/50, and they almost certainly aren’t in this scenario.

This week’s premium content:

• Big Blue & The Bridge Company
• aegiq’s Lightworks SDK
• Keysight’s Quantum Design Challenges “Bootcamp”

In this edition:

• Classical Computational Advantage
• The Top 15 Top 10
• It’s so easy a 15-year-old can do it.
• How to Train Your Unicorn
• Quantum Tunneling Explained with a Ball and a Window
• 110 volts. 16 amps.
• FREE Education
• Quantum Report Card
• Milk-sized sensors. They do a planet good.
• Quantum Noise Detector

Classical Computational Advantage

This isn’t quantum, but it’s fascinating to hear what was said about ENIAC back in the day, which included some speculation as to the future of computing. Interestingly, it’s a reminder that quantum computers haven’t even advanced to the ENIAC stage yet. ENIAC was already advantageous. This link may require a Facebook account.

The Top 15 Top 10

The Quantum Index, which is brought to you by HorizonX and The Quantum Insider, shared a Top 10 list of the Top Quantum Leaders in energy in 2025. At the time I’m commenting on this, no one seems to have noticed that there are actually 15 companies listed. This link may require a LinkedIn account.

It’s so easy a 15-year-old can do it.

According to The Brussels Times, 15-year-old Laurent Simons… excuse me… Dr. Laurent Simons just defended his doctoral thesis on quantum physics at the University of Antwerp. He’s already working on his 2nd doctorate, this time in medicine+AI. He apparently wants to combine them to extend human longevity.

How to Train Your Unicorn

After I published “IQM’s Unicorn-Smelling Dragon” on October 7, someone essentially asked how to grow a billion-dollar business. So, I reached out to IQM’s CEO and Co-Founder, Dr. Jan Goetz, and I asked him. That episode of IQT’s The Quantum Dragon Podcast has been recorded and is coming soon….

Quantum Tunneling Explained with a Ball and a Window

If you’re struggling with the concept of quantum tunneling, try this analogy out for size. This link may require a Twitter account.

110 volts. 16 amps.

If you’ve got that, you can plug in Equal1’s “Bell-1” 6-qubit silicon spin quantum computer, which includes cryogenics and a Quantum Machines control system in one rack. It’s not even a full rack at that. Check out the 38-second video. This link may require a LinkedIn account.

FREE Education

I wouldn’t normally share a list of links like this, but Onri Jay Benally’s list includes links that I don’t typically see shared, which consequently makes it interesting.

Quantum Report Card

I don’t agree with the grades that were assigned, but that’s neither here nor there. I’m including this because I don’t recall seeing a report card for quantum companies before. This “Big Tech Edition” grades IBM, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Intel, and gives NVIDIA an honorable mention. This link may require a Twitter account.

Milk-sized sensors. They do a planet good.

We’ll be able to better understand our planet… and ourselves.

Quantum Noise Detector

Alan Ho and Prof. Michael Biercuk inspired the Resuscitated Quantum Bullshit Detector, but the original(?) has resurfaced on Bluesky. It’s back to reposting a simple “bullshit” or “not bullshit,” so The Quantum Dragon will continue to monitor for challenges, controversies, and debates under this new name from Dr. Bob Sutor.

• “The IBM/Cisco partnership has got to be one of the biggest let downs of 2025….“