Ok - it's nothing like Star Trek. In fact it isn't even intended to send actual objects. This teleportation is intended to increase communication speeds. Basically scientists are able to set information in one atom, and the same information instantaneously appears on another previously "entangled" atom. So what you might say. The point is "instantaneous." No light speed delay (due to quantum mechanics).
Light speed, schmight speed you say. Consider that my Internet connection has a noticeable light speed lag/delay becuase it is satellite based - approximately 1/4 second in each direction. This means that it takes a 1/4 second for my message to hit the satellite, another quarter second to return to earth. Then the answer has to travel back to the satellite, and then back down to me. Total lag is just under 1 second. Electrical connections across wires are actually even slower than light speed. Connections over fiber optics have a light speed delay, but the distances are much smaller than electrical or satellite.
Link to fairly technical details on FoxNews.
Monday, February 9, 2009
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