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Laser Beam Teleported

Posted by michael on from the beam-up-the-beam,-scotty dept.

Michael Wardle writes "ABC Australia reports that a team of scientists from the Australian National University have successfully teleported a laser beam. It seems that teleportation of solid bodies is still a way off, but at least we're a little closer to Slashdot's favorite super power." Another Australian newspaper has a more detailed story.

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FP bitches! w00t for the ACs

  2. FP eff peee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first post, AC STYLE

    1. Re:FP eff peee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      sorry, you didn't get it. i did... but its ok, ACs r0x0r and the clit sucks.

  3. Ummm.. by G-funk · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hasn't this already been done?

    What's so new about it this time?

    Although teleportation of light beams could be very very interesting for telecommunication purposes.

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  4. Re:Teleportation, or recreating? by G-funk · · Score: 1, Troll

    What's the difference though, if the second is exactly the same?

    If you hand me a coin, and i turn my back then hand you another one indistinguishable from the original at any level, is it the same coin? How can you be sure?

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  5. Laser Beams Identical? by KanSer · · Score: 0, Troll

    In the more "in-depth" article they say "- disassembling objects in one place while a perfect replica is created elsewhere -". - If they are doing this with a laser beam, how the hell do they know they've done it? Are they not just shooting a laser beam into a wall and then making another one somewhere else? This stinks of two idiots with a camera and a laser pointer. - I'm gonna go out side and teleport some vitamin-d into my system while my friends teleport a football back and forth. It should be great fun. -

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  6. Re:Teleportation, or recreating? by G-funk · · Score: 1, Troll

    So you need to do a destructive read. That doesn't mean that a software bug won't cause multiple reproductions of that read state.

    I like it. I could make a backup copy of say, Natalie Portman, have my way with her (with hot grits of course), and then replace her with the backup :)

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  7. I did this ages ago. by codework · · Score: 1, Troll

    I turned off the light in the bedroom and turned on the hallway light..