In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at New Mexico’s plans to build a quantum computing ecosystem, a startup that can take methane and turn it into clean fuel for cheap, shocking your immune system for faster healing and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here . New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
New Mexico is teaming up with the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to invest in quantum computing. Under the terms of the agreement, each will provide up to $60 million over the next four years to build quantum computers that can solve problems that are out of reach for conventional processors. While that’s tiny compared to the mountains of cash going into AI, it’s big for the emerging technology, w