It's hard to tell from the cursory descriptions contained in these articles,
but it seems the claims made are seriously overstated.  It seems that the
information encoded in a beam of laser light was somehow extracted and
recreated at another location.  This is hardly comparable to transporting
matter.  In fact, the summary at the link that Gibson provided contained the
following ridiculous misstatement: "The team have successfully disassembled
a laser and recreated a replica a metre away, confirming the theory that it
is possible to teleport solid objects."  They did not disassemble a laser,
they extracted information from the light emitted by the laser.  They did
not "prove" that teleportation of solid objects is possible.

When I read this, I looked to see if its publication date was April 1.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gibson Nichols [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:33 AM
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Subject: Re: Beam me up Scotty


Link:
http://www.anu.edu.au/pad/anuhome/newsflash.html

"Frank Gribbin" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> 'Star Trek' teleporter nearer reality
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