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Moving an object from one place to another in an instant would be a true scientific revolution. But can it really be done?

Posted by Tormod Guldvog
13 September, 2001 04:09:07

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The art of teleportation has been one of mankind's finest dreams. By using the mind, philosophers and mystics have claimed to be able to move objects without touching them.

Real teleportation, however, would mean to move any object to any place in the universe. And it must happen without the passage of time!

Imagine being able to walk through a door and suddenly be on another planet, or perhaps in another galaxy. If it can be done, we could find ways to travel long distances through space. This could enable us to colonize the galaxy.

In the past years, scientists have proved that it is possible to move some of the most fundamental particles, photons, by quantum teleportation. This hypography presents results of this research, and some of the visions it has founded.

Related Links

Quantum Teleportation
http://www.aip.org/physnews/graphics/html/teleport.htm
A page from the American Institute of Physics with an illustration of quantum teleportation, as well as an explanation of how it's done.�teleportatio

Teleportation in hole vacuum
http://www.journaloftheoretics.com/Articles/1-5/leshan teleport final.htm
A rather philosophical paper on the possibility of teleporting a body to any point in the universe, by first placing it outside the universe.

Caltech Physicists Achieve First Bona Fide Quantum Teleportation
http://corporate.caltech.edu/forefronts/Quantum.html
A text by California Institute of Technology (Caltech), presenting the first successful teleportation experiment ever.

Teleportation: definition
http://whatis.techtarget.com/WhatIs_Search_Results_Exact/1,282033,,00.html?query=teleportation
This is a definition of the term "teleportation" by whatis.com.

"Beam Me Up"
http://www.sciam.com/explorations/122297teleport/index.html
An article in Scientific American about research which has proved that teleportation is possible - at least for photons.

Project: Quantum Teleportation
http://quantumteleport.cjb.net/
This is a student paper for a physics class. It has a bit of information on the theories behind quantum teleportation.

Beam Up the Photons
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/teleport981022.html
An article in ABCNEWS.com about teleportation.

A fun talk on teleportation
http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/braunstein.html
A bit on the lighter side, this text has some interesting questions about what we can actually do with teleportation.

IBM Research: Quantum Teleportation
http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/
A presentation of work sponsored by IBM, in which a team of scientists are experimenting with the idea of quantum teleportation.

From here to there
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/quantum/fromheretothere.jsp
A New Scientist article on how wuantum mechanics may open up possibilities for teleportation.