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About These Projects

Reading about qubits only gets you so far. These five builds make you apply the ideas from the modules: you'll generate true random numbers from superposition, create an entangled Bell state, search with Grover's algorithm, find a molecule's ground state with VQE, and simulate BB84 quantum key distribution.

Each project follows along with a video walkthrough, and most run on a free Qiskit simulator, so no quantum hardware is needed. Work through them in order, or jump to the one that matches the module you just finished.

Projects

5 builds
01

Build a Quantum Random Number Generator

Put qubits into superposition with Hadamard gates and measure them to produce truly random bits, then turn those bits into a number.

02

Create and Measure a Bell State

Combine a Hadamard and a CNOT gate to entangle two qubits, then run the circuit and read the correlated results from a histogram.

03

Implement Grover's Search Algorithm

Build an oracle and a diffuser in Qiskit, find a marked item in an unsorted search space, and compare simulator results with real hardware.

04

Find a Molecule's Ground State with VQE

Use a parameterized circuit and a classical optimizer to estimate the lowest energy of a small molecule with the Variational Quantum Eigensolver.

05

Simulate BB84 Quantum Key Distribution

Model Alice and Bob sharing a secret key, then add an eavesdropper and watch the error rate reveal the interception.