Technology Engineering Here’s how to generate a truly random number with quantum physics Andrew Paul Jun 12, 2025 2:01 PM EDT ...

A new random number generator that uses a micro laser developed by researchers at NTU Singapore is a hundred times faster than computer-based systems.

But the random number generator they built was, they reasoned, still useful. So Haahr made it public at random.org, where it has been churning out random numbers ever since. It gets a lot of visitors.

Researchers from UNIGE have developed a new random numbers generator based on the principles of quantum physics. This physical theory shows that certain physical events occur perfectly at random ...

The Random Number Generator is a tool that could be useful for genearting encryption keys for secure communications between activist organizations, or anyone concerned with privacy and security. From ...

Some popular random-number generators fail even in simulating a coin toss.

The company needed some truly random numbers for its security solutions, so it turned to some groovy old tech: lava lamps. In their office is a wall of 100 lava lamps monitored by cameras.

These protocols can generate truly random numbers, but they still require a large amount of post-processing computational power to certify that the sequences are random.

That’s why we need a TRNG (True Random Number Generator), but that requires special hardware. Some high-end microprocessors are equipped with an internal hardware TRNG, but it is, unfortunately ...

Mads Haahr, moderator and operator of random.org, a random number generator, wrote in an e-mail that Internet data encryption is one of the most common applications of random numbers.