Scientists Successfully 'Teleport' Atoms

By David Worthington | Published June 17, 2004, 6:11 PM

While much of the sci-fi technology inspired by the Star Trek television series may seem improbable, or even downright impossible, there is an indication that science fiction could someday become science fact. The Journal Nature is reporting that a group of scientists based out of the United States and Austria have successfully teleported atoms without a physical link.

Previously, this breakthrough process could only be accomplished by using laser light. The synergy of the research has inspired claims that a similar protocol could one day be used to power a family of ultra-fast supercomputers.

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ok so we have just started with the atoms ,well lets look at this way ,all we have learnt is nothing compared,to whats coming ,to all those their that still think the earths flat ,boy you are in for one hell of a shock,we have to look at the fact that we will all be part of the united planent , their will be no boundries of any kind at all we will be one races one earth and one people and yes star treck is coming true

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someone with talent may hit a target no one other might hit..but a genius hit`s a target no one can see.
i belive it`s posible and will be proved some day.....
respect`s

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...why is this on BetaNews? Unless there is some new AtomTeleporter(tm) Beta (build 102), why post this here?

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Well it is here coz there may be someone needed to beta test the stuff???????? ha ha ha :-).

Check this link for the same
"http://www.Iwanttobetatestatomteleport.com

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Now I WILL be able to download that pretty girl to my new chrome teleporter from The Sharper Image. This is great news.

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Nice try nylyst. A star for guessing.

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Very nice of you to try and develop a well thought argument. I'll believe you have a clue of what you speak, if you can answer this:

Name the two scientists instrumental in first devising the laser test, using polarization, to test this theory?

Answer that, and you get the star. Then I'll listen to smack from a troll.

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Matter was NOT, I repeat, NOT tranported anywhere using this technique. It involved Quantum Entanglement (or as Einstein called it "Spooky action at a distance). What they were able to do is transfer information, faster than the speed of light, with no transmission medium, other than the entangled states of the target atoms. This is no closer to Star Trek than me pulling a rabbit out of my hat and claiming I teleported it there.

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like a quantum computer?

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