Researchers from Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) and Munich Technical University have achieved the world’s first experimental implementation of an artificial neural network on a simple quantum computer. This development is a step in the direction of realizing a practical quantum computer. The simulation of pattern recognition conducted by the CT researchers was evaluated in a magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR) by scientists from the university. The system with two “qubits” confirmed all results. The picture shows the researchers in the lab at the TU Munich. The spectrometer is left.