> The technology is apparently impressive enough that Google, NASA and Lockheed Martin have partnered with D-Wave to test its capabilities As someone who has a

> The technology is apparently impressive enough that Google, NASA and Lockheed Martin have partnered with D-Wave to test its capabilities As someone who has actually worked in the research divisions of NASA and Lockheed, I wouldn't assign this form of social proof any value. There is absolutely nothing to infer from fact that NASA and Lockheed bought prototypes. I don't have personal experience with Google, but it is not unlikely that the same effects are at work.