FlaSoxxJim Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDylan Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 (edited) 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, 2006 by BobDylan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 why do I get the feeling that Jim has a Google alert set for "teleportation" that has been largely quiet until today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted October 5, 2006 Author Share Posted October 5, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted October 5, 2006 Author Share Posted October 5, 2006 (edited) 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, 2006 by FlaSoxxJim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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