The following news item is what I read, and I do not see any claims
of transporting matter nor of exceeding the speed of light.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2049000/2049048.stm
Internet
[log in to unmask]@RAVEN.UTC.EDU - 18/06/2002 00:24
Veuillez répondre à [log in to unmask]
Envoyé par : [log in to unmask]
Pour : HP3000-L
cc :
Objet : Re: Beam me up Scotty
Thus it was written in the epistle of John Clogg,
> 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.
Understood. I would like to know more about what they did. The claim in
the
first article was that a laser beam was "disassembled" with the information
it
contained and "reassembled" a meter away *simultaneously*. If so, it is
fairly
significant for transporting information securely (it doesn't actually
travel
from point a to point b and thus cannot be intercepted) and for speed of
transmission (this puts information travelling faster than the speed of
light,
does it not?)
Last I heard, even Quantum Physics doesn't allow for information travelling
faster than light.
Ted
--
Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University
==========================================================
If I feel unhappy, I do mathematics to become happy. If I am happy, I do
mathematics to keep happy.
-- Renyi, Alfred
==========================================================
Deep thought to be found at http://www.southern.edu/~ashted
* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *
This message and any attachments (the "message") is
intended solely for the addressees and is confidential.
If you receive this message in error, please delete it and
immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with
its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole
or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet
can not guarantee the integrity of this message.
BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not
therefore be liable for the message if modified.
---------------------------------------------
Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes (ci-apres le
"message") sont etablis a l'intention exclusive de ses
destinataires et sont confidentiels. Si vous recevez ce
message par erreur, merci de le detruire et d'en avertir
immediatement l'expediteur. Toute utilisation de ce
message non conforme a sa destination, toute diffusion
ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf
autorisation expresse. L'internet ne permettant pas
d'assurer l'integrite de ce message, BNP PARIBAS (et ses
filiales) decline(nt) toute responsabilite au titre de ce
message, dans l'hypothese ou il aurait ete modifie.
* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *
|
