tele-port high intensity laser beam

[trader jim]

dis you guys see the news?? an Austrailian R&D group can now tele-port laser beams from one point to another!!! it was on the news!! opens up all kinds of possiabilitys - real blaser pistols and rifles and cannon!! Beam me up Scotty!! also will make MUCH faster computer chips. neat stuff coming our way!!

 

[soloprobe]

AYE Jim,
But not yet...........

 

[Uncle Bob]

IIRC an American University did this a couple of years ago. It is amazing how few photons makw a "beam."

 

[Gallowglass]

Originally posted by Uncle Bob:
IIRC an American University did this a couple of years ago. It is amazing how few photons makw a "beam."

The (so far not verified elsewhere nor published under peer review) Australian result is for several billion photon's over about 3 feet I believe. And greater fidelity as well.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-330365,00.html

*shrug* still not moved any mass, so the Star Trek transporter is probably still out of reach, but the implications if it can be turned into a practical technology for communications and computers are staggering