Physicists Discover How To Teleport Energy

MikeChino writes "A physicist at Tohoku University in Japan has figured out how to teleport energy from one point in the universe to another. The technique is based upon prior research that shows it's possible to teleport information from one location to another, and involves making a measurement on each [of] an entangled pair of particles. The measurement on the first particle injects quantum energy into the system, and then by carefully choosing the measurement to do so on the second particle, it is possible to extract the original energy. Heady stuff, but essentially it means that you can inject energy at one point in the universe and extract it from somewhere else without changing the energy of the system as a whole."

Positioning?

[Mikkeles]

Exactly how do I get the 'second' particle to where I want the information to be retrieved?

Re:Headline

[geekoid]

Which means the technology will be used to give people faster access to tentacle porn.

Re:Consistent Histories?

[paxcoder]

Had you explained why, you'd have a +1 moderation right now.

Re:Consistent Histories?

[shutdown -p now]

I don't understand what the hell is going on, but it seems to me that if you can send energy someplace faster than the speed of light, that could be used to transmit "information".

In this case, you have to "measure" the particle in a particular way to retrieve the energy, and that way depends on what happened to the particle on the other side while the energy is being "pumped in" (so you cannot know in advance). So there needs to be an existing information channel to transmit the information on exact way of measurement that needs to be performed, which obeys the usual rules.

Re:Consistent Histories?

[Anonymous Coward]

really he's describing humanity, we just didn't realize it until recently when the internet gave us empirical proof.

Re:Consistent Histories?

[Thinboy00]

So "teleport" is misleading since you cannot transmit power any faster than information, and that has to travel at the speed of light at most [wikipedia.org] (as far as we know (this week anyway) anyway).

Re:Consistent Histories?

[Anonymous Coward]

Sorry to burst your bubble but you can't transmit information faster than light.

Period.

Unless the theory of relativity turns out to be incomplete as a model of the universe. But that's almost certainly impossible as all our previous theories have proved to be perfect in every respect and this one is sure to too.

Re:Consistent Histories?

[Failed Physicist]

Sorry to burst your bubble but you can't transmit information faster than light.

Period*.

*: As long as current observations that the universe is causal are not falsified.

Fixed that for you.

Why This Won't Work

[pipingguy]

It would be great to be able to beam your molecules across space and then reassemble them. The only problem is that you have to trust your co-worker to operate the transporter. These are the same people who won't add paper to the photocopier or make a new pot of coffee after taking the last drop. I don't think they'll be double-checking the transporter coordinates. They'll be accidentally beaming people into walls, pets, and furniture. People will spend all their time apologizing for having inanimate objects protruding from parts of their bodies.

http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/humor/treklife.html [monster-island.org]

Oh R'ly?

[MindPrison]

Sorry to burst your bubble but you can't transmit information faster than light.

Period.

How do you know that?
We only know the laws of physics, well - as little as we DO know about it.
Maybe there's something faster than light - that we don't know yet?