Scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China and Tsinghua University have managed to stream quantum information over 16 km, bringing geeks this much closer to achieving their wildest Star Trek dreams.
What is quantum teleportation, you ask? Basically, it’s connecting two photons in a way that when one photon is changed, the other changes simultaneously, allowing for information to be transported between the two without using signals or networks. The protons in this case interacted with “89% fidelity,” meaning that there’s a few more tests necessarily before anything can seriously be “beamed” anywhere.
While it may be a few generations before we can attempt matter teleportation (i.e. people, i.e. “Beam me up, Scotty), this technology may be able to transform communications by connecting long distances without traditional signal interference.
Perhaps you stopped caring at “Star Trek,” but this development shows that China is trying to kick-butt economically AND technologically. The budget for 2010 is set to rise 8% to 163.3 billion RMB, so who knows what other final frontier-esque inventions we’ll see next?
(Thanks, io9!)
Monday, May 21, 2018
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Gutless panda licking by a newbie China writer. 89% integrity is weak and meaningless, any data with that kind of loss is useless.
Wow, nanhe, you can really make anything into an issue, can’t you?
I saw “The Fly”, no thanks; I don’t want to become Brundlefly!
I actually somewhat agree with nanhe. This piece is very superficial, which is normal for Shanghaiist (and Shanghai) — nothing new there, but what’s irritating is the fist-pumping nationalism in the way that it’s framed. Obviously, the author has no clue as to the value of this research (who does?) or how significant is this experiment relative to other research in the field. But that doesn’t stop her from framing it as “China’s achievement” (not the work of Chinese scientists), or talking about “kicking butt” and pondering to the affect, “what will these amazing people think of next?!” All framed in nationalist terms and all without having a clue of what this research really means. Haven’t the state rags copyrighted this level of vacuity?
Oh, yes…and attributing the achievement directly to state policy. 加油加油加油！！！
Theoretically, it shouldn’t work for us anyways. You’ll simply be copying yourself. The original dies, and the copy lives on. AKA, transport yourself, you’re dead.