The Download: a quantum radar, and chipmakers’ deal with the US government

MIT Technology Review - AI
Aug 11, 2025 12:10
Rhiannon Williams
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Summary

Physicists have developed a quantum radar that uses a cloud of atoms to detect reflected signals, potentially enabling improved imaging of buried objects. This breakthrough could enhance data collection and sensing capabilities, which are important for AI applications in fields like geoscience and security.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This quantum radar could image buried objects Physicists have created a new type of radar that could help improve underground imaging, using a cloud of atoms in a glass cell to detect reflected…