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Breakthrough Brings Star Trek Transporter Closer
japerr writes to mention The Independant is reporting that a new breakthrough may bring scientists one step closer to a Star Trek style transporter. " A team of physicists has teleported data over a distance of 89 miles from the Canary Island of La Palma to the neighbouring island of Tenerife, which is 10 times further than the previous attempt at teleportation through free space. The scientists did it by exploiting the "spooky" and virtually unfathomable field of quantum entanglement - when the state of matter rather than matter itself is sent from one place to another. Tiny packets or particles of light, photons, were used to teleport information between telescopes on the two islands. The photons did it by quantum entanglement and scientists hope it will form the basis of a way of sending encrypted data."
You're right. It'll be years before scientists can figure out how to beam his galactic-sized ego into space.
Please inform me when I can "transport" my penis into T'Pol. Samantha Carter would also work quite well.
Thank you.
yeah, there was a bunch of naysayer fucktards just like you saying the same thing of human flight about 150 years ago.
if you don't want to be part of the solution why don't you just move along, asshat?