Obscure Research Blog July Archive

The randomest number ever generated

True random number generator goes online:

Computer scientists at the Ruder Boškovic Institute in Croatia have developed and launched the Quantum Random Bit Generator Service (QRBGS), a "true" random number generator that relies on the unpredictable quantum process of photon emission. It is available online, providing the academic and scientific community access to true random numbers free of charge. QRBGS is a fast non-deterministic random bit (number) generator whose randomness relies on intrinsic randomness of the quantum physical process of photonic emission in semiconductors and subsequent detection by photoelectric effect.

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