{"id":246208,"date":"2023-06-03T20:02:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T14:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=246208"},"modified":"2023-06-03T20:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T14:32:35","slug":"the-world-that-awaits-us-on-technological-developments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-world-that-awaits-us-on-technological-developments\/","title":{"rendered":"The world that awaits us \u2013 on technological developments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> This post is created based on the article \u201c<strong>The world that awaits us<\/strong>\u201d, published in Business Standard on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> June 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus Topic: <\/strong>GS Paper 3 \u2013 <strong>Awareness about the technologies <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong>: Nuclear fusion, hydrogen fuel cells, quantum computing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are considered transformative technologies. However, only AI has become usable as of now.<\/p>\n<p>While AI is making extraordinary progress, the other three technologies may be years away from commercial viability.<\/p>\n<p>Big technical problems need to be solved before nuclear fusion, fuels cells, and quantum computing can be used at a large scale.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the Challenges of Hydrogen Fuel Cells?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Hydrogen is difficult to store in large quantities due to its lightness.<\/p>\n<p>Liquefaction of hydrogen requires extremely low temperatures, making it expensive and energy intensive.<\/p>\n<p>Designing storage tanks that can safely contain hydrogen is challenging and costly.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the Challenges of Nuclear Fusion?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Nuclear fusion requires heating the fuel, usually plasma, to extremely high temperatures (e.g., 20 million degrees Celsius). Generating and controlling a fusion reaction requires more energy than the fusion reaction generates.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the Challenges of Quantum Computing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Quantum computers require ultra-cool and stable conditions, often operating near absolute zero.<\/p>\n<p>Connecting quantum machines to &#8220;normal machines&#8221; for meaningful work is difficult because conventional equipment doesn&#8217;t function at such low temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Software for quantum computing differs significantly from conventional programming.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the future prospects of these technologies?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The next five years may witness the development of quantum machines operating in less exotic conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Once achieved, the financial aspects of implementing quantum computing and AI may help make fusion reactors financially viable or find affordable storage solutions for hydrogen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: This post is created based on the article \u201cThe world that awaits us\u201d, published in Business Standard on 3rd June 2023. Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 3 \u2013 Awareness about the technologies Context: Nuclear fusion, hydrogen fuel cells, quantum computing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are considered transformative technologies. However, only AI has become usable as&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-world-that-awaits-us-on-technological-developments\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The world that awaits us \u2013 on technological developments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10503,216],"class_list":["post-246208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}