Quantum Physics in Your Pocket
Move beyond the mystery and see how quantum mechanics powers your everyday life. Discover how particles behaving like waves make your smartphone, medical scans, and future computers possible.
Like Duolingo, but for Quantum Physics in Your Pocket. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
54 levels across 4 sections, about 108 minutes end to end, roughly 22 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Harnessing the Tiny Powerhouse, Seeing the Invisible World, The Future of Information, and The Rules Behind the Reality. It assumes you already know the basics.
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Key ideas in Quantum Physics in Your Pocket
- Metals always allow electricity to flow and cannot be turned off
- Semiconductors can be toggled between conducting and insulating states
- Why semiconductors are used for switching instead of metals
- Energy gaps act as physical barriers for electrons
- The size of the gap determines if a material can switch states
- The relationship between energy gaps and electron flow
- Transistors use electric fields to change material properties
- Switching happens by changing energy levels, not moving parts
- Electrons need an external energy push to cross a gap
- Crossing the gap is the requirement for current to flow
- The process of an electron crossing a semiconductor barrier
- Moving across gaps releases energy as heat
- The state of the gate (on or off) represents digital data
- The mechanism of a transistor as a gatekeeper
- Consequences of electron energy movement in transistors
- Electricity pushes electrons into the material
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Quantum Physics in Your Pocket the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
What makes a semiconductor the ideal material for a computer's brain?
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How to learn Quantum Physics in Your Pocket, step by step
Go in order. 54 short levels across 4 sections, about 1 hour 48 minutes in all, five minutes a day.
- 1
Harnessing the Tiny Powerhouse
- How Electrons Flow Through Your Phone
- The Magic of Light-Emitting Diodes
- Lasers: Concentrating Light Waves
- Storing Data in Magnetic Flips
- 2
Seeing the Invisible World
- Using Magnetic Spin for Medical Scans
- Atomic Clocks and Precise Navigation
- Night Vision and the Photoelectric Effect
- Electron Microscopes: Seeing Beyond Light
- Detecting Gravity with Quantum Sensors
- Ultra-Sensitive Thermometers
- 3
The Future of Information
- Computing with Multiple States at Once
- Unbreakable Codes and Secure Messaging
- Teleporting Information Between Particles
- 4
The Rules Behind the Reality
- Wave-Particle Duality in Action
- Tunneling: Passing Through Solid Barriers
- Entanglement: The Invisible Connection
- Probability Clouds and Energy Levels
- The Limits of Measuring the Universe
4 sections · 18 units · 54 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Questions about Quantum Physics in Your Pocket
How do I learn Quantum Physics in Your Pocket?
Go in order: start with Harnessing the Tiny Powerhouse, then Seeing the Invisible World, then The Future of Information, then The Rules Behind the Reality. On Tomo that's 54 short levels, about 1 hour 48 minutes in all, played five minutes a day. Start free and play the first level in under a minute.
Is there a Duolingo-style app for Quantum Physics in Your Pocket?
Yes. Tomo works like Duolingo: short daily lessons, streaks and quick quizzes. Quantum Physics in Your Pocket is one of its free courses, and you can type any other topic to get a course of your own.
Is the Quantum Physics in Your Pocket course free?
Yes. Quantum Physics in Your Pocket is playable on Tomo's free plan, which doesn't expire. No credit card, no waitlist. Download the app and start your first lesson.
How long does it take to learn Quantum Physics in Your Pocket?
54 levels across 4 sections, about 1 hour 48 minutes of play in total. It's built for five minutes a day, so you finish it a little at a time instead of all at once.
Do I need any background to start Quantum Physics in Your Pocket?
No. It's pitched at an intermediate level, so it starts where you are and builds up. If you can tap a phone, you can start.
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Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Quantum Physics in Your Pocket is taught in the Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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