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BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Penny Lane art trail would 'revitalise' world-famous Liverpool road
An artist said he wanted to create an art trail along Penny Lane to breathe new life into Liverpool's best-known trail, designed to encourage tourists to spend more time in the area, would feature Beatles plaques, murals and maps."Penny Lane is the most famous lane in the world," said Ian van de Waal. "We get international tourists visiting every day and there's not very much for them to see. The idea is to encourage people to walk along the street, take in all the history of the area, spend some money in local businesses and support the local economy."Once the plans are finalised, they will be submitted to Liverpool City Council. The 41-year-old artist said Sir Paul McCartney's plaque would be outside St Barnabas church where, as a schoolboy, he sang in the Lennon's would be on the corner of Dovedale Road, where he went to school, while George Harrison's would be in a memorial garden. Ringo Starr, who has no physical link to Penny Lane, will be at the far end of the street, closest to his childhood home in van de Waal, from Liverpool, said he was inspired to create the trail by local told him they saw no economic benefit from being in Penny Lane because Beatles fans typically left the area after taking a photograph of the road sign."I was frustrated by having a business that tourists went through but never stopped at," said Frazer Henry, owner of Penny Lane Art and Frame."We have had meetings in the past with other locals about the options but Ian has been the only person who has followed it through."Mr Henry said it was equally important that visitors could learn about the history of the street."It would be great if there was more info and a connection so people could understand how it developed," he said."It's historical, it's educational, it's folklore. People want to know where the landmarks are from the song and what the story is behind them." Julie Gornell, senior charity officer for the Development Trust, a community centre based on the lane, said the art trail was a fantastic said it would make the street more colourful, welcoming and intriguing for visitors."We feel Penny Lane should be celebrated more than it is," she said."We get thousands through here every year - they come to Penny Lane and say 'is this it?'"If you're a huge Beatles fan to finally arrive at the top of Penny Lane is quite disheartening."Mr van de Waal said previous attempts to improve the area had hearing about Mr van de Waal's plan, Sarah Harrison, director of Penny Lane-based Harrison Stringfellow Architects, offered to "help ease him through the red tape" on a pro bono basis."We're architects so we like to help shape spaces and communities," she said. "We're already embedded in the community and we're also a local independent."It's not that he's not capable of doing [the necessary paperwork], but it takes so much time and we don't want it to dampen his enthusiasm."You can see he's started something and it's growing. It feels as if there's a bit of momentum building and hopefully that will become a catalyst for things to develop." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
Malaysian Reserve
24-06-2025
- Business
- Malaysian Reserve
Xanadu Opens $10M Advanced Photonic Packaging Facility in Ontario
TORONTO, June 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – Xanadu, a world leader in photonic quantum computing, has opened a $10M world-leading advanced photonic packaging facility in Toronto. This facility represents a significant leap in Canada's quantum supply chain resilience and technical capacity. As the only end-to-end, ultra-low loss photonic packaging facility of its kind in the country, it enables secure, domestic production of high-performance quantum components essential for building fault-tolerant quantum computers. In addition to supporting Xanadu's internal hardware roadmap, the facility will also serve as a national resource for advanced manufacturing, now open to external customers including academic institutions, startups, and industry leaders developing next-generation photonic and quantum devices. The Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, officially opened the new facility at the company's Toronto headquarters. 'Xanadu's advanced photonic packaging facility represents the kind of world-class innovation Canada is known for,' said Minister Solomon. 'It strengthens our domestic quantum supply chain, accelerates commercial readiness, and reinforces our position as a global leader in quantum technologies. This is a proud moment for Canada as we scale our quantum ambitions into industrial capability and global impact.' Xanadu's advanced packaging line integrates custom tooling and proprietary processes developed in-house, with capabilities including ultra-low loss coupling for photonic integrated circuits (PICs), high-precision alignment and hybrid bonding for quantum-grade performance and tailored workflows for R&D, prototyping, and pre-production volumes. 'This facility isn't just a big technical achievement—it's also a strategic one,' said Christian Weedbrook, CEO of Xanadu. 'By building domestic capacity for high-performance photonic packaging, we're strengthening Canada's position as a global hub for quantum technology innovation.' This milestone adds critical manufacturing capacity to Canada's quantum ecosystem, reducing reliance on international packaging providers and enabling secure, domestic production of quantum hardware components. It also contributes to the growth of a sovereign quantum supply chain, spanning chips, cryogenics, electronics, and control systems. The facility was supported in part by federal investment from the Strategic Innovation Fund aligned with national priorities to secure Canada's leadership in quantum technologies. About Xanadu: Xanadu is a Canadian quantum computing company with the mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. Founded in 2016, Xanadu has become one of the world's leading quantum hardware and software companies. The company also leads the development of PennyLane, an open-source software library for quantum computing and application development. Visit or follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @XanaduAI.
Cision Canada
24-06-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
Xanadu Opens $10M Advanced Photonic Packaging Facility in Ontario
TORONTO, June 23, 2025 /CNW/ - Xanadu, a world leader in photonic quantum computing, has opened a $10M world-leading advanced photonic packaging facility in Toronto. This facility represents a significant leap in Canada's quantum supply chain resilience and technical capacity. As the only end-to-end, ultra-low loss photonic packaging facility of its kind in the country, it enables secure, domestic production of high-performance quantum components essential for building fault-tolerant quantum computers. In addition to supporting Xanadu's internal hardware roadmap, the facility will also serve as a national resource for advanced manufacturing, now open to external customers including academic institutions, startups, and industry leaders developing next-generation photonic and quantum devices. The Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, officially opened the new facility at the company's Toronto headquarters. "Xanadu's advanced photonic packaging facility represents the kind of world-class innovation Canada is known for," said Minister Solomon. "It strengthens our domestic quantum supply chain, accelerates commercial readiness, and reinforces our position as a global leader in quantum technologies. This is a proud moment for Canada as we scale our quantum ambitions into industrial capability and global impact." Xanadu's advanced packaging line integrates custom tooling and proprietary processes developed in-house, with capabilities including ultra-low loss coupling for photonic integrated circuits (PICs), high-precision alignment and hybrid bonding for quantum-grade performance and tailored workflows for R&D, prototyping, and pre-production volumes. "This facility isn't just a big technical achievement—it's also a strategic one," said Christian Weedbrook, CEO of Xanadu. "By building domestic capacity for high-performance photonic packaging, we're strengthening Canada's position as a global hub for quantum technology innovation." This milestone adds critical manufacturing capacity to Canada's quantum ecosystem, reducing reliance on international packaging providers and enabling secure, domestic production of quantum hardware components. It also contributes to the growth of a sovereign quantum supply chain, spanning chips, cryogenics, electronics, and control systems. The facility was supported in part by federal investment from the Strategic Innovation Fund aligned with national priorities to secure Canada's leadership in quantum technologies. About Xanadu: Xanadu is a Canadian quantum computing company with the mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. Founded in 2016, Xanadu has become one of the world's leading quantum hardware and software companies. The company also leads the development of PennyLane, an open-source software library for quantum computing and application development. Visit or follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @XanaduAI.
Cision Canada
04-06-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
Xanadu Unveils First On-Chip Error-Resistant Photonic Qubit
TORONTO, June 4, 2025 /CNW/ - Xanadu has achieved a significant milestone in the development of scalable quantum hardware by generating error-resistant photonic qubits on an integrated chip platform. A foundational result in Xanadu's roadmap, this first-ever demonstration of such qubits on a chip is now published in Nature. This breakthrough builds on Xanadu's recent announcement of the Aurora system, which demonstrated—for the first time—all key components required to build a modular, networked, and scalable photonic quantum computer. With this latest demonstration of robust qubit generation using silicon-based photonic chips, Xanadu further strengthens the scalability pillar of its architecture. The quantum states produced in this experiment, known as GKP states, consist of superpositions of many photons to encode information in an error-resistant manner—an essential requirement for future fault-tolerant quantum computers. These states allow logic operations to be performed using deterministic, room-temperature-compatible techniques, and they are uniquely well-suited for networking across chips using standard fiber connections. This demonstration of generating photonic qubits was enabled by a number of key technological achievements from Xanadu's hardware team. These include the development of photon-number-resolving detectors with detection efficiencies above 99%, the fabrication of customized ultra-low loss silicon nitride waveguides on 300 mm wafer platforms, and the implementation of in-house state-of-the-art optical packaging. "GKP states are, in a sense, the optimal photonic qubit, since they enable logic gates and error correction at room temperature and using relatively straightforward, deterministic operations," says Zachary Vernon, CTO of Hardware at Xanadu. "This demonstration is an important empirical milestone showing our recent successes in loss reduction and performance improvement across chip fabrication, component design, and detector efficiency." The next hurdle towards a utility-scale photonic quantum computer remains clear: further reduction of optical loss will allow for higher quality GKP states suitable for fault-tolerance. With another significant milestone in its hardware roadmap complete, Xanadu remains focused on further optimizing fabrication and photonics packaging processes to alleviate optical loss across its platform. About Xanadu: Xanadu is a Canadian quantum computing company with the mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. Founded in 2016, Xanadu has become one of the world's leading quantum hardware and software companies. The company also leads the development of PennyLane, an open-source software library for quantum computing and application development. Visit or follow us on X @XanaduAI.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Xanadu Unveils First On-Chip Error-Resistant Photonic Qubit
TORONTO, June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Xanadu has achieved a significant milestone in the development of scalable quantum hardware by generating error-resistant photonic qubits on an integrated chip platform. A foundational result in Xanadu's roadmap, this first-ever demonstration of such qubits on a chip is now published in Nature. This breakthrough builds on Xanadu's recent announcement of the Aurora system, which demonstrated—for the first time—all key components required to build a modular, networked, and scalable photonic quantum computer. With this latest demonstration of robust qubit generation using silicon-based photonic chips, Xanadu further strengthens the scalability pillar of its architecture. The quantum states produced in this experiment, known as GKP states, consist of superpositions of many photons to encode information in an error-resistant manner—an essential requirement for future fault-tolerant quantum computers. These states allow logic operations to be performed using deterministic, room-temperature-compatible techniques, and they are uniquely well-suited for networking across chips using standard fiber connections. This demonstration of generating photonic qubits was enabled by a number of key technological achievements from Xanadu's hardware team. These include the development of photon-number-resolving detectors with detection efficiencies above 99%, the fabrication of customized ultra-low loss silicon nitride waveguides on 300 mm wafer platforms, and the implementation of in-house state-of-the-art optical packaging. "GKP states are, in a sense, the optimal photonic qubit, since they enable logic gates and error correction at room temperature and using relatively straightforward, deterministic operations," says Zachary Vernon, CTO of Hardware at Xanadu. "This demonstration is an important empirical milestone showing our recent successes in loss reduction and performance improvement across chip fabrication, component design, and detector efficiency." The next hurdle towards a utility-scale photonic quantum computer remains clear: further reduction of optical loss will allow for higher quality GKP states suitable for fault-tolerance. With another significant milestone in its hardware roadmap complete, Xanadu remains focused on further optimizing fabrication and photonics packaging processes to alleviate optical loss across its platform. About Xanadu: Xanadu is a Canadian quantum computing company with the mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. Founded in 2016, Xanadu has become one of the world's leading quantum hardware and software companies. The company also leads the development of PennyLane, an open-source software library for quantum computing and application development. Visit or follow us on X @XanaduAI. View original content: SOURCE Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
