Although we’re not going to be transporting people or animals anytime soon, scientists funded by the European Space Agency have succeeded in transporting information through thin air over 89 miles. I know, I know — we can already do that with well placed cell towers and satellite, but this is really thin air.
Dubbed “Quantum Teleportation,” the whole thing is a study in Quantum Entanglement, first theorized by the Einstein himself.
Not being a scientist, and not having the mind for Quantum physics I can’t say that I even understand the entire concept here, but it sounds exciting.
The initial goal is just to be able to send encrypted data from one place to the other. That’s kinda boring and can already be done given the proper infrastructure. When are they going to start transporting things?!
Even if we don’t do people, it’d be really swell if Amazon could just beam me my order. Then I could have my Tivo Series 3 in much less time so I can shed the evil DirectTV (who just told me they were going to force me to switch hardware). But I digress — yay for Quantum Physics!