Qubit Busy Board
The Quantum Turtle · A hands-on experiment
The Qubit Busy Board
A little wooden toy for a very curious qubit. Press a button and see what moves!
QUANTUM PLAY LAB · NO. 01
MEASUREMENT LIGHTS
01
CHANCE OF EACH RESULT
0 · 100%
1 · 0%
Ready! Try the big red X button.
Little buttons, real quantum rules
The wooden frame, round viewing window, protected pointer and oversized buttons are a digital model for a future physical busy board. X flips a state, H changes its superposition, Z changes relative phase and Y rotates around a different axis. The displayed arrow is a 2D projection of the 3D Bloch vector, so distinct positions in depth can sometimes overlap.
Try it: press H, then Measure. Reset and try again. You may see 0 or 1, each with a 50% chance. Measurement updates the state to the outcome, so the result becomes certain until another gate changes it.