Okay, so probably more efficient electronics and power grids, MRI machines without helium, probably easier maglev tech, …?
All computers becomes instantly outdated by what amount to 50 years of speed increase.
You could be a crypto bro on a Raspberry Pi.
Hell, someone might finally max out Flight Simulator X.
Last I read, current solar panels were only about 8% efficient. That number would skyrocket…
Why not? I too have been watching the excitement but am not understanding the oomph.
There are two major mechanisms at work with a solar panel circuit. The production of “free electrons” and then the flow of the “free electrons”. Solar panels are basically special crystals that make the “free electrons” when they’re hit with sunlight. Once the ‘free electrons’ are produced, they flow through conductors to do whatever electrical work we want them to do.
The that special crystal is what is inefficient and it can’t be replaced with superconductors. Only the flow portion of this circuit could be replaced with superconductors.
I hope this helped, it’s a pretty simplified explanation.
If I am recalling an article correctly - superconductors mean zero resistance electric transfer. Currently anything using electricity loses power due to resistance when travelling - partly why a CPU gets so hot for example. By having zero resistance, far less power is lost to resistance and heat which means more power efficiency
Electric resistance is not the primary cause of energy turnover in CMOS logic. See this comment in this same thread: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/1799661
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In theory, the cost of getting an MRI would come way down due to not having to keep the coils crazy cold. In practice, we have capitalism, so it’ll probably go up
