October 5, 200619 yr Weird, wild stuff that makes my head hurt. Scientists teleport two different objects ONDON, England (Reuters) -- Beaming people in Star Trek fashion is still in the realms of science fiction but physicists in Denmark have teleported information from light to matter bringing quantum communication and computing closer to reality. Until now scientists have teleported similar objects such as light or single atoms over short distances from one spot to another in a split second. But Professor Eugene Polzik and his team at the Niels Bohr Institute at Copenhagen University in Denmark have made a breakthrough by using both light and matter. "It is one step further because for the first time it involves teleportation between light and matter, two different objects. One is the carrier of information and the other one is the storage medium," Polzik explained in an interview on Wednesday. The experiment involved for the first time a macroscopic atomic object containing thousands of billions of atoms. They also teleported the information a distance of half a meter but believe it can be extended further. http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/04...reut/index.html
October 5, 200619 yr This is cooler than cloning. Didn't scientists figure out how to have a cell in two places at once a year or two ago? Edited October 5, 200619 yr by BobDylan
October 5, 200619 yr why do I get the feeling that Jim has a Google alert set for "teleportation" that has been largely quiet until today?
October 5, 200619 yr QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Oct 5, 2006 -> 01:38 AM) why do I get the feeling that Jim has a Google alert set for "teleportation" that has been largely quiet until today?
October 5, 200619 yr Author QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Oct 5, 2006 -> 02:38 AM) why do I get the feeling that Jim has a Google alert set for "teleportation" that has been largely quiet until today? And if these science bums woulkd just get off their duffs and make that Holodeck thing and the food synthesizer happen I'd be set.
October 5, 200619 yr QUOTE(BobDylan @ Oct 5, 2006 -> 01:19 AM) This is cooler than cloning. Didn't scientists figure out how to have a cell in two places at once a year or two ago? That was spontaneous quantum teleportation of a subelectronic particle. Happened in New Zealand a few years back.
October 5, 200619 yr QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 5, 2006 -> 12:19 AM) Weird, wild stuff that makes my head hurt. http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/04...reut/index.html Must be humbling when you read about real scientists* . . . *I kid because I care** ** Used by permission of FlaSoxxJim 2004
October 5, 200619 yr Author QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 5, 2006 -> 01:04 PM) Must be humbling when you read about real scientists* . . . [/color] Indeed. Heck these guys are such eggheads, in school I'd have been beating them up for their milk money. Edited October 5, 200619 yr by FlaSoxxJim
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