Personally, I like the potential increase in code efficiency that could come from trinary instead of binary. If you use the electron spin to determine the bit value, then you can have top spin=0, bottom spin=1, and neutral spin=2. Unfortunately, neutral is extremely difficult to maintain.
Actually, that won't work, because the electron is a spin 1/2 particle. That means it can be spin up (+1/2) or spin down (-1/2) only...no neutral at all. It's not just difficult to maintain, the laws of physics tell us that it's impossible.
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Personally, I like the potential increase in code efficiency that could come from trinary instead of binary. If you use the electron spin to determine the bit value, then you can have top spin=0, bottom spin=1, and neutral spin=2. Unfortunately, neutral is extremely difficult to maintain.
Actually, that won't work, because the electron is a spin 1/2 particle. That means it can be spin up (+1/2) or spin down (-1/2) only...no neutral at all. It's not just difficult to maintain, the laws of physics tell us that it's impossible.
Now, if these were photons, you'd be right...