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Physicists Discover How To Teleport Energy
MikeChino writes "A physicist at Tohoku University in Japan has figured out how to teleport energy from one point in the universe to another. The technique is based upon prior research that shows it's possible to teleport information from one location to another, and involves making a measurement on each [of] an entangled pair of particles. The measurement on the first particle injects quantum energy into the system, and then by carefully choosing the measurement to do so on the second particle, it is possible to extract the original energy. Heady stuff, but essentially it means that you can inject energy at one point in the universe and extract it from somewhere else without changing the energy of the system as a whole."
Best. Physics quote. Ever.
"He gives the example of a string of entangled ions oscillating back and forth in an electric field trap, a bit like Newton's balls."
Exactly. In a few decades, instead of a power cable leading to your house, you could fit your house with a 30-ton, $7,000,000 quantum disentangler! I imagine it could also be used in place of a battery on your ipad! Never worry about low battery ever again!
I am the richest astronaut ever to win the superbowl.
You've just described Slashdot in a nutshell.
If you recall? It came out last week. My copy arrived today.
Too bad the post office couldn't entangle it into my mailbox sooner.
Yes, according to the lore they use entangled particles as a form of long range communication. EDI (Tricia Heifer of BSG fame) goes into some detail about how it works, which isn't that different from how the article here describes it.
Bioware deserve points for doing that kind of research into the game.
+1 IDisagreeSoHeMustBeATrollOrAnAstroturferOrAShill
Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby present you with the first ever time travelling message! Posted in 1993, it appeared on slashdot just now.
you can't actually transmit information this way. Just energy.
You've just described Slashdot in a nutshell.
Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby present you with the first ever time travelling message! Posted in 1993, it appeared on slashdot just now.
You must be old here.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Please, someone come up with an automotive explanation, Quick!
The problem with quotes on the internet, is that nobody bothers to check their veracity. -- Abraham Lincoln
.You've just described Slashdot in a nutshell.
No, he described Wikipedia.
Last time I checked (walked outside after dawn), solar energy transmitted itself to the ground just fine without our help.
fedex
Using time sequencing you can now transfer binary data. Energy at this time code (i) no energy at this time code (0).
So you can now have real time control of distant space craft and rovers.
Undetectable Steganography? Yep, there's an app fo
Editors, I love ya, but if anyone on earth really did discover "how to teleport" anything, I'm pretty sure I'd be seeing it scroll by on the CNN news ticker right now. It wouldn't be the first time /. has scooped the media complex, but so far its been 2 hours since the story was posted, and I don't see any breaking news on Channel 6. Seriously, enough with the sensationalist headlines. Call me when you have my flying car or jet pack ready.
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Would have been more deliciously ironic if the message had been "First Post!"
Your courageous and selfless spelling corrections have made me a better person.
I think there will be demand for as many as six of them, worldwide.
Who is John Cabal?
I can see it now:
AT&T and Apple partner to offer the first remotely-charged cellphone. AT&T has exclusive rights on the self-charging iPhone 6G S SC until 2022. Mandatory selection of "UNLIMITED CHARGING" is required with the two-year contract at time of purchase.
Six months later:
AT&T has been sending cancellation notices to iPhone 6G S SC users who are heavy power users. Heavy gamers have been a drain on the charging network, so when a user reaches 200W the user will receive a courtesy call the first time, and the second time the user exceeds 200W the user's account will be shut off. Subscribers are outraged, since they expected "UNLIMITED CHARGING" means what it says.
AT&T did not respond to our request for comment.
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I think I'm even MORE confused after reading what you wrote.
they may have transmitted it as energy, but matter is just energy in standing waves. so we just need a (very) fancy wave generator, insane processing power, an ultra fast scanner at the sending end, and of course a disintegration beam to vaporize you once your copy is made; then it's star trek here we come.
I have a book for people with your attitude.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible
Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby present you with the first ever time travelling message! Posted in 1993, it appeared on slashdot just now.
You must be old here.
Yes, Anonymous Coward is one of our oldest and most prolific contributors.
A nutshell is the outer shell of a nut. Most nutshells are inedible and are removed before eating the nut meat inside. The expression "in a nutshell" (of a story, proof, etc.) means "in essence", metaphorically alluding to the fact that the essence of the nut, i.e., its edible part, is contained inside its shell.
You've just described in a nutshell on Slashdot.