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But the article doesn't even explain how they're advancing the technology - it makes it sound like they invented it for this purpose, and mentions nothing about using it outside. How does that help them?
Also, the link I sent you all the way at the beginning describes how the process works... Yes, it's quantum in that it takes advantage of things happening at the quantum scale. Like polarized lenses
The article I sent you, which l picked because it actually described how the technology works, doesn't use the word quantum once. It uses the word laser a lot... Which is probably why it's named optically pumped magnometers
I still think the fact that it took this long and this much further reading for us to understand what the team is actually doing makes it terrible science communication
OP's article (which seems like a press release) says several times that they're trying to make the device portable. I don't know what is so hard to understand about that.
Regardless of what your article said, I explained to you the quantum aspects. They are being technically accurate in how they describe the device and what they are attempting to do.
I think you and I arguing is just you being intransigent and mistaken on the original article's claims. For better or for worse, I am also a very stubborn person, so here we are.