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Schrodinger's Cat (v. 1.0.0) Разработано APK Labs |
Now you can simulate physicist Erwin Schrodinger's famous thought experiment right on your Android smartphone.
The thought experiment goes like this; a living cat is placed inside a steel chamber, along with a device containing a vial of hydrocyanic acid. There is also a very small amount of a virtual radioactive substance in the box. If even a single atom of the substance decays during the test period, a relay mechanism will trigger a hammer, which will, in turn, break the vial and kill the cat.
The observer cannot know whether or not an atom of the substance has decayed, and consequently, cannot know whether the vial has been broken, the hydrocyanic acid released, and the cat killed. Since we cannot know, the cat is both dead and alive according to quantum law, in a superposition of states.
It is only when we break open the box and learn the condition of the cat that the superposition is lost, and the cat becomes one or the other (dead or alive).
In the case of this app, the virtual cat in the box will die sometime within one minute and the only way to find out if it is alive or dead is to shake the box.
Disclaimer: No cats, real or virtual, were harmed during the making of this app.
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[2011-11-24] Stella: Okay app Nice app, but I think I'm a murder now o.o |
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[2011-10-24] Luka: Good but Pointless- I completly get the theory and this app follows it but the theory aswell as the app is pointless. It's a thought experiment don't need an app :) |
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[2011-10-14] Clair: If you don't get it why download it? I've seen a couple of bad reviews from people who obviously don't understand the theory. However to us quantum geeks it's quite amusing. Also to the cat lovers that are offended by the app, first off it's an app not a real cat so calm down! And second Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment so even the real deal still wasn't harming you're precious kitty. Don't take things so seriously! |
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[2011-09-21] andrew: Wha...... Dude ......im too high for this. Who's Schroedinger and how did he come up with this thought process?......I wanna toke wit him dude he's deep |
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[2011-07-19] G: Pointless. has nothing to do with actual theory |
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[2011-06-14] Florian: More fun to torture those that torture the innocent. Minidick fools. |
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[2011-04-30] Josh: Fun to shake and torture cat |
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[2011-03-30] jmazz: Man, create a real app instead of torturing your neighbor's cat so that you can use its pain to sucker us into giving our monies to you. |
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[2011-03-29] Soligoth: My cat goes crazy trying to get the other in the phone, I was going to use it as an example for her being bad, but this is just as good |
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[2011-03-24] Daniel: Nice job bringing physics thought experiments to my android phone. Look up Schrodinger if you don't already know. You are holding a smartphone. :) |
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