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Scientists "Teleport" Quantum Information One Meter
the4thdimension writes "While we may not be beaming up to the Enterprise anytime soon, a team of scientists from the University of Maryland and the University of Michigan have managed to teleport information between two atoms up to a meter apart. Until this point, only very tiny distances were able to be traveled. However, using a complicated system of photons, ions, lasers, and electromagnetics, scientists have managed to 'teleport' information contained on one atom to another atom that is in a separate sealed container. This can lead to a wide range of developments in computing and communications." Update: 01/29 22:29 GMT by T : Sorry, it's a dupe, but today's article in Time is better reading than the abstract anyhow.
Yes it teleported 1 week through space and time. Last week you read about the attempt, this week you read about the sucess.
Ziggy says there's a 99.9999% chance you got that reference wrong.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
...is for the whole week in between the experiment simultaneously existed as both a success and a failure.
I think someone needs to read the definitions of Teleporting and Transmitting a little closer.
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<bofh> up scotty is the last place I'd want to be beamed.
Yeah, you don't want to get kilt.