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Teleportation — Fact and Fiction

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the there-and-back-again dept.

jcatcw writes "Earlier this week actor Hayden Christensen, of Star Wars fame, and director Doug Liman discussed teleportation with MIT professors to compare the reality to the special effects version in the upcoming movie, Jumper. Edward Farhi, director of the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT, said, 'It's a little less exotic than what you see in the movie. Teleportation has been done, moving a single proton over two miles. [But] teleporting a person? That is pretty far down the line. The quantum state of a living creature is pretty formidable. That is just not in the foreseeable future.'"

13 of 348 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Shock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you mean space.

  2. Heisenberg Compensators! Duh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obviously this guy didn't read enough Star Trek technical manuals.

  3. You have got to be kidding me by handelaar · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Next week, we'll be discussing the differences between general and special relativity with Big Bird from Sesame Street."

    1. Re:You have got to be kidding me by Malevolent+Tester · · Score: 5, Funny

      Today, we'll be looking at the letter c

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  4. Fixed that for you. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Earlier this week "actor" Hayden Christensen...

  5. The old poem by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I teleported home one night
    with Ron & Sid & Meg
    Ron stole Megan's heart away
    and I got Sydney's leg."

    - Restaurant at the End of the Universe

  6. Actually, it's not that hard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    On my planet, we figured it out about 8 Earth years after we reached the point where you are. That's how I got here.

  7. Re:Shouldn't that be... by Swampash · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nah, I liked Christensen in SW2 and 3. I thought he did pretty well with the script and direction he had... WHICH WAS AN ABOMINATION BEFORE GOD.

  8. MY power= Turn anything into CHEESE! by spineboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Never be hungry. The fastidious would fear being turned into stinky Limberger. Tough guys would have to run or be turned into runny camembert. Bible thumping creationalist would be turned into........American "cheese"

    But seriously pre-cog would be cool at first, but might take all the joy out of life - no surprises anymore. Right now my desired powers would be either super-speed like the Flash, or jumping ability like the Hulk. But that could be 'cause I'm living in Los Angeles, where the average traffic speed is 11 MPH (16 KPH).

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  9. Re:wouldn't in animate objects be easier then? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No disassemble!

  10. Very funny, Scotty! by PPH · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now beam down my pants!

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  11. Re:Too small by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, and even send our teleporter signals through.... it's always a bootstrapping problem, isn't it?

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  12. Re:Death and Rebirth... Thinking wrong use here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's probably why you never see a toilet in Star Trek. They just "beam out" the feces and urine for use with the replicators.