schir1964 Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Just thought this might interest some people here. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2049048.stm http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/ http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021219/science.htm - Christopher Mullins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithcurtis Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Re: Teleportation: Fiction or Fact? I'll wait. Keith "It'll be here shortly after room temperature superconductors and cold fusion" Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Re: Teleportation: Fiction or Fact? Just thought this might interest some people here. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2049048.stm http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/ http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021219/science.htm - Christopher Mullins They're making progress. They were teleporting individual particles a few years ago. They're also closing in on the "quantam computer" a computer whose microchips can talk to each other without having to bridge the gaps with electrical impulses. But that is also in its infant stages. We might see it in my lifetime though(I'm 32 for the record). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Re: Teleportation: Fiction or Fact? They're also closing in on the "quantam computer" a computer whose microchips can talk to each other without having to bridge the gaps with electrical impulses. But that is also in its infant stages. We might see it in my lifetime though(I'm 32 for the record). You're more optimistic than I am... of course, I'm also closing in on being eight years your senior... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFleischmann Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Re: Teleportation: Fiction or Fact? You're more optimistic than I am... of course' date=' I'm also closing in on being eight years your senior... [/quote'] Well who knows what is possible if you've developed a method whereby one person ages faster than another! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestidigitator Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Re: Teleportation: Fiction or Fact? My friend was going to do graduate work on quantum-mechanical teleportation. I'm not sure if he actually did or not. I will remain skeptical for now. I have the feeling that this will NOT allow faster-than-light communication. There are already aspects of light waves that appear to travel faster than the speed of light (phase speed), but it turns out you cannot use it to send information. The quantum-mechanical notion of taking two paired particles with opposite/same spin and, "forcing," one into a state from afar by observing the other is a completely bogus one based on faulty logic: the gotcha is that you have information to begin with (you know the relationship between the spins of the particles, even if you don't happen to know the actual spins and must thus treat them like they no in no/all states). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 Re: Teleportation: Fiction or Fact? Oh, I don't see it coming all that soon, but I remember reading an article a few years ago where they had gotten particles or microchips or something to apparently "talk" to each other without using an electrical signal in between. It was very, very basic but it was a start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Re: Teleportation: Fiction or Fact? I'll wait. Keith "It'll be here shortly after room temperature superconductors and cold fusion" Curtis Rumor mill in the computer industry says that IBM made a supercomputer for the NSA (no such agency) a few years ago. About 1000x faster than anything else made. I have read about this in several computer magazines, could be wishful thinking or maybe truth. The reason I put stock in it, IBM patented the ability to use tunneling electron microscopes to make molecules. They understand quantum mechanics as well as anybody on the planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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