The Schnoo
17 Jun 2004, 03:47 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811785.stm
excerpt follows:
Scientists have performed successful teleportation on atoms for the first time, the journal Nature reports.
The feat was achieved by two teams of researchers working independently on the problem in the US and Austria.
The ability to transfer key properties of one particle to another without using any physical link has until now only been achieved with laser light.
Experts say being able to do the same with massive particles like atoms could lead to new superfast computers.
This development is a long way from the transporters used by Jean-Luc Picard and Captain Kirk in the famous Star Trek TV series.
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Interesting, but it takes so incredibly long for this stuff to end up on the consumer market, all i know is that they are right, it would lead to ultimate fast super computer time.
-The Schnoo
excerpt follows:
Scientists have performed successful teleportation on atoms for the first time, the journal Nature reports.
The feat was achieved by two teams of researchers working independently on the problem in the US and Austria.
The ability to transfer key properties of one particle to another without using any physical link has until now only been achieved with laser light.
Experts say being able to do the same with massive particles like atoms could lead to new superfast computers.
This development is a long way from the transporters used by Jean-Luc Picard and Captain Kirk in the famous Star Trek TV series.
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Interesting, but it takes so incredibly long for this stuff to end up on the consumer market, all i know is that they are right, it would lead to ultimate fast super computer time.
-The Schnoo