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Friday, August 27, 2004

"QUANTUM: don't exceed speed of light"
In Einstein's prophetic world, fact is stranger than fiction. In the TV show Star Trek, beam-me-up-Scotty teleportation was only possible within the range of the "transporter," but in Einstein's world, teleportation is not limited by range. It does, however, require "entangled pairs" that have to be preinstalled like Sci-Fi channel Stargates. Teleportation is only possible if Alice keeps one half of an entangled pair at point A, while the other half is physically moved to Bob's location at point B. After that, it's as if anything goes � as long as it doesn't lead to exceeding the speed of light.
Text: http://www.eet.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=44800002