Scientists teleport two different objects

CNN.com ^ | 10/04/2006 | Reuters

[TampaDude]

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Beaming people in Star Trek fashion is still in the realms of science fiction but physicists in Denmark have teleported information from light to matter bringing quantum communication and computing closer to reality.

Until now scientists have teleported similar objects such as light or single atoms over short distances from one spot to another in a split second.

But Professor Eugene Polzik and his team at the Niels Bohr Institute at Copenhagen University in Denmark have made a breakthrough by using both light and matter.

"It is one step further because for the first time it involves teleportation between light and matter, two different objects. One is the carrier of information and the other one is the storage medium," Polzik explained in an interview on Wednesday.

[TampaDude]

Wow...they actually teleported an OBJECT???

[diverteach]

[kinoxi]

Not sure, it sounds as though they teleported the information to a remote object. Similar to xeroxing then destroying the original. I could be wrong. It sounds neat either way.

[Jaysun]

Hole-lee-shitballs. I'm astounded, no joke. This is bigger than the apparent coverage suggest.

[SpaceBar]

The article never claims teleportation of a macroscopic object, it simply says the experiment "involved" a macroscopic object, but they transported information. Maybe the "object" was the table the apparatus was sitting on. Another science article written for grade school kids, thick on established theory and big words, thin on actual quantitative results.

[Jet Jaguar]

ping

[MikefromOhio]

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Maybe they can transport Silk Braaaa out of his cardboard box... :)

[TampaDude]

Actually, it does claim just that. They were able to entangle an object made up of trillions of atoms, not just a single atom. This means that huge quantities of information can be sent with absolute security, because it will be impossible to intercept the infomation.

[metmom]

Doesn't *teleporting* imply using mental powers to move oneself through space. It sounds more like they're claiming to have beamed something through space as opposed to teleporting it.

[true_blue_texican]

it sounds as though they teleported the information to a remote object

Sounds kind of like the telegraph to me. So the Danes have caught up to the 19th century. Well, there's hope for Africa, then.

[kinoxi]

From the article:

"Creating entanglement is a very important step but there are two more steps at least to perform teleportation. We have succeeded in making all three steps -- that is entanglement, quantum measurement and quantum feedback," he added.

[martin_fierro]

physicists in Denmark have teleported information from light to matter

Wäy tõ gõ, Møn!

[true_blue_texican]

Ok, that clears it up!

[billybudd]

So let me get this straight - they transmitted information at the speed of light???? How is this possible????

The crap that passes for news is astounding. This teleportation stuff makes the news every few years - always the same lie.

[ClearCase_guy]

We should have nothing to do with this witchery from Denmark! George Washington himself warned us about foreign "entanglements"!

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Don't call me until they can teleport cold beers from the fridge to the couch.

[billybudd]

Like Homer had, in the episode where Bart got turned into a fly.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

LOL! I had forgotten that one. (Remember the one where Homer enters our world through some kind of dimensional warp?)

[NonValueAdded]

Why not just use stepping discs?

[phoenix0468]

Yes, we go from massaging quarks from accross the room a few years ago to this. Just Damn!