Quantum Teleportation Is a Reality

PC World ^ | April 16, 2011 | James Mulroy

[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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[UCANSEE2]

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 ?

[cripplecreek]

Warp drive Mopar.

[bigheadfred]

What's faster than instantaneous ?

Being there before you send it.

[BradyLS]

That show rocked.

[Jonty30]

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

[cpdiii]

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 :)

[cpdiii]

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 :)

[RichInOC]

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

[muawiyah]

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!

[dartuser]

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

[RC one]

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.

[Red in Blue PA]

Bflr

[Krankor]

[rawcatslyentist]

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.

[martin_fierro]

[ADemocratNoMore]

How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?

[ADemocratNoMore]

> And being that digital is digital,

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

[GeronL]

lol

[GeronL]

They have teleported photons apparently (light)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks decimon!