While no one should expect to beam up to the starship Enterprise anytime soon — or ever — researchers from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences have achieved a new record in quantum teleportation. This isn’t anything close to teleportation to near orbit. In fact, this new record resulted in teleportation of roughly 89 miles, as the international team was able to successfully transmit quantum states between the Canary Islands of Palma and Tenerife.
The laws of physics as we know them today do not allow for faster-than-light communication. Quantum teleportation does not allow it indeed: in order to recover the teleported quantum state at the receiver, a few bits of auxiliary classical information from the sender are needed. These cannot be transmitted faster than light.
Quantum teleportation absolutely, positively will not allow faster than light communication. No way. No how. Anyone who suggests otherwise is either confused or misinformed.
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Posted by: Peter Suciu September 6, 2012 12:01 PMWhile no one should expect to beam up to the starship Enterprise anytime soon — or ever — researchers from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences have achieved a new record in quantum teleportation. This isn’t anything close to teleportation to near orbit. In fact, this new record resulted in teleportation of roughly 89 miles, as the international team was able to successfully transmit quantum states between the Canary Islands of Palma and Tenerife.