Beam me up already, Scotty!

[Smartmarzipan]

A world first! Success at complete quantum teleportation (VIDEO)
http://akihabaranews.com/2013/09/11/art ... -750245129

Furusawa group at the University of Tokyo has succeeded in demonstrating complete quantum teleportation of photonic quantum bits by a hybrid technique for the first time worldwide. In 1997, quantum teleportation of photonic quantum bits was achieved by a research team at Innsbruck University in Austria. However, such quantum teleportation couldn't be used for information processing, because measurement was required after transport, and the transport efficiency was low. So, quantum teleportation was still a long way from practical use in quantum communication and quantum computing. The demonstration of quantum teleportation of photonic quantum bits by Furusawa group shows that transport efficiency can be over 100 times higher than before. Also, because no measurement is needed after transport, this result constitutes a major advance toward quantum information processing technology.

Come on, Star Trek-like future! I'm ready for teleporters! :)

[_Xenu_]

Do you know that a transporter would literally kill you and recreate an identical version of you somewhere else? No thanks.

[SGOS]

Do you know that a transporter would literally kill you and recreate an identical version of you somewhere else? No thanks.

Yeah, I'd hold off getting one until they work out that kink.

[_Xenu_]

Do you know that a transporter would literally kill you and recreate an identical version of you somewhere else? No thanks.

Yeah, I'd hold off getting one until they work out that kink.

For anyone interested, the Outer Limits did an episode exploring this situation. The aliens never could find a solution, so they had to do things a bit differently.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/69830

[Solitary]

Outer Limits was a great show.  The video reminded me of the first time I had an MRI done.  :shock:   8-[  Solitary

[Jason78]

meh, Twilight Zone was better