(Thanks to Nevet – www.broaderview.org) Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have demonstrated for the first time a photonic router – an atom-based device that enables routing of single photons. It is a step towards building quantum computers that can process huge amounts of data.
http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/the-world%E2%80%99s-first-photonic-router#.U8voN0D58kQ