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Star Trek-style 'beaming up' of people through space could become a reality sometime in the far future, the leader of a landmark teleportation experiment has said.
Nothing in the laws of physics fundamentally forbids the teleportation of large objects, including humans, researchers claim.
They were able to transport an atom three metres with 100% accuracy.
originally posted by: bhaal
Already a post on this.
The experiment did not teleport an atom, but used entangled particles to teleport the quantum states, so in reality its nothing like a star trek teleporter.
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: Korg Trinity
This is quantum entanglement, not teleportation. One day it could revolutionize communications by providing instant communication over vast distances, but it could never be applied to teleporting humans and I'm surprised that the professor even suggested it was possible to start with.
originally posted by: lostbook
a reply to: Korg Trinity
I wouldn't want to be the first human trial
originally posted by: rickymouse
Well, what about the microbes in our body, what would happen to them? Even if you could transport matter, what about memories and knowledge that people hold? We cannot even fathom the process of memory formation yet, we can kind of understand the way memories are held, but the complete process in the brain is way above comprehension.
originally posted by: rickymouse
a reply to: Soylent Green Is People
Recreating the matter is possible, including the memory cell, but making sure the memory is in the proper sequence of thought is critical. I don't think it will ever be possible to recreate the sequence pattern by teleportation.