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Quantum Teleportation Is a Reality
PC World ^ | April 16, 2011 | James Mulroy

Posted on 04/17/2011 12:15:04 PM PDT by decimon

Beam me up, Scotty; scientists have finally done it! Using what looks like an incredibly complicated setup, scientists have not just figured out how to transport information using the quantum highway; they have actually made it happen.

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To do this, the researchers developed a "broadband, zero-dispersion teleportation apparatus" and a whole new set of "hybrid protocols involving discrete- and continuous-variable techniques in quantum information processing for optical sciences," along with some other things that I completely do not understand. In the end, the researchers managed to 'remove' the quantum information from space, and it was resurrected in another place.

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Elanor Huntington, a professor at the University of New South Wales who participated in the study, says that "one of the limitations of high-speed quantum communication at present is that some detail is lost during the teleportation process. It's the Star Trek equivalent of beaming the crew down to a planet and having their organs disappear or materialise in the wrong place. We're talking about information but the principle is the same--it allows us to guarantee the integrity of transmission."

Is she saying that not only will we be able to transport information on a global scale almost instantly but that we might also be able to transport objects? It sure sounds like it.

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(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: stringtheory; teleportation
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To: sten; decimon
reassembling matter is a wee bit tougher than information

Well, the information better get there FASTER than the matter, or it won't get reassembled.

What's faster than instantaneous ?

21 posted on 04/17/2011 12:55:18 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: mkmensinger
Warp drive Mopar.

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22 posted on 04/17/2011 12:55:26 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: UCANSEE2
What's faster than instantaneous ?

Being there before you send it.

23 posted on 04/17/2011 1:07:59 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Beat me, Bite me...Make Me Write Bad Checks)
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To: Lancey Howard

That show rocked.


24 posted on 04/17/2011 1:08:42 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: dfwgator

It would still be a better life, than under Obama.


25 posted on 04/17/2011 1:10:59 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: Mariner
It was simply their observation of that information that made it look like information. If they had not observed it, it would not have exhibited itself in that manner:)

The highly principled Dr. Heisenberg is somewhat uncertain :)

26 posted on 04/17/2011 1:16:45 PM PDT by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, Iconoclast: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR.)
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To: Mariner
It was simply their observation of that information that made it look like information. If they had not observed it, it would not have exhibited itself in that manner:)

The highly principled Dr. Heisenberg is somewhat uncertain :)

27 posted on 04/17/2011 1:16:54 PM PDT by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, Iconoclast: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR.)
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To: decimon

“No, Mister Sulu, ye canna beam up yer young friend.”


28 posted on 04/17/2011 1:24:33 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: cpdiii
Still, successful teleportation of the WRONG INFORMATION could well serve as a sort of weapon.

GUARANTEE that's next and we won't hear about this 'spirment anymore for 30 or so years ~ just like lasers!

29 posted on 04/17/2011 1:25:55 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: decimon

Wake me up when they transport a pencil from LA to NY.


30 posted on 04/17/2011 1:26:05 PM PDT by dartuser ("Dealing with preterists is like cleaning the litter box ... but at least none of the cats are big.")
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To: douginthearmy

one way or another, it’s all just energy organized into a meaningful package. If it can be organized, it can be disorganized and then reorganized.


31 posted on 04/17/2011 1:28:50 PM PDT by RC one (Donald Trump-I'm listening.)
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To: decimon

Bflr


32 posted on 04/17/2011 1:32:55 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Let's apply the "reasonable man" standard to gun laws. How many would stand?)
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To: gorush

33 posted on 04/17/2011 1:41:03 PM PDT by Krankor (And he's oh, so good, And he's oh, so fine, And he's oh, so healthy, In his body and his mind)
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To: decimon
And being that digital is digital,

Matter Creation.

Lookit some of the "miracles" Jesus did. Loaves and fishes, Water to wine. It is possible. It has been done.

34 posted on 04/17/2011 1:45:49 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (It is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; ~Vattel's Law of Nations)
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To: decimon; SunkenCiv

35 posted on 04/17/2011 2:19:47 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: decimon
How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?
36 posted on 04/17/2011 4:04:45 PM PDT by ADemocratNoMore (Jeepers, Freepers, where'd 'ya get those sleepers?. Pj people, exposing old media's lies.)
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To: rawcatslyentist
> And being that digital is digital,

However, if your sample rate is high enough it might as well be analog.

37 posted on 04/17/2011 4:07:26 PM PDT by ADemocratNoMore (Jeepers, Freepers, where'd 'ya get those sleepers?. Pj people, exposing old media's lies.)
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To: Squantos

lol


38 posted on 04/17/2011 4:07:45 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: douginthearmy

They have teleported photons apparently (light)


39 posted on 04/17/2011 4:12:37 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: decimon

Thanks decimon!


40 posted on 04/17/2011 5:07:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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