Quantum Teleportation Achieved Over 16 km In China 389
Laxori666 writes "Scientists in China have succeeded in teleporting information between photons farther than ever before. They transported quantum information over a free space distance of 16 km (10 miles), much farther than the few hundred meters previously achieved, which brings us closer to transmitting information over long distances without the need for a traditional signal."
Wait, does this mean... (Score:2, Funny)
Obligatory (Score:2, Funny)
Yea but. (Score:5, Funny)
Unfortunately, what they transmitted was an email for Vi4gra, using an open wifi connection at a Starbucks 10 miles down the road.
NOT over a free space (Score:2, Funny)
Not until they do it over the USA or even France, but not over China.
I can see it now (Score:1, Funny)
Monster Cable will find someway to exploit this, of course with enough shielding to protect against a nuclear blast and the heat of the sun.
Re:Philotics (Score:5, Funny)
I never got any of this newfangled philotic physics. Half of it nobody understands anyway.
No, everyone understands and doesn't understand quantum philotics at the same time, until they are tested. It averages out to half of the population, though.
Re:Philotics (Score:3, Funny)
Odd, because I tend to feel as if I understand it and don't understand it at the same time.
It's only when somebody asks me if I understand it that I come to a conclusion, either way.
Re:Philotics (Score:5, Funny)
Odd, because I tend to feel as if I understand it and don't understand it at the same time.
It's only when somebody asks me if I understand it that I come to a conclusion, either way.
Me too, but then I get tangled up and with mixed emotions over the recent death of my cat and wish I never tried to understand in the first place.
Re:Wait, does this mean... (Score:1, Funny)
Information can't travel faster than light you moron
You'll have to wait a bit for that information to travel to his brain due to the density and distance it must endure ;-)
Re:Philotics (Score:4, Funny)
Not anymore you don't.
Re:Lightspeed limited, not an ansible (Score:2, Funny)
Asking people to look things up for you in an age where doing it yourself literally means putting your finger down, moving your hand one inch, and putting your finger down again, is pretty fucking contemptible.
Re:Lightspeed limited, not an ansible (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Please mod parent up (Score:3, Funny)
Information still cannot be transmitted faster than light.
Sigh...subspace transmissions, hello???
Re:Wait, does this mean... (Score:5, Funny)
There is no "quantum shit going on" that breaks special relativity. Attention world: Once and for all, quantum theory does not break relativity.
How right you are, and I have an elegant theory of quantum gravity that reconciles quantum mechanics with general relativity. Unfortunately, my proof is too large to fit in this forum post.
Quantum Gravity Proof? (Score:5, Funny)
Unfortunately, my proof is too large to fit in this forum post.
Is it really too large, or are you just afraid that once your theory is observed it will no longer hold?
Re:Philotics (Score:1, Funny)