Dutch scientists teleport data

[PA5COR]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/0...m-Entanglement

What the Dutch physicists did involved something called quantum entanglement, which Einstein once described as "spooky action at a distance,"€� a term that pretty much describes what it is. Entangled particles are sort of the dysfunctional couples of quantum physics. You know that long-distance relationship you had in college that didn'€™t really work out and every time you and your significant other got on the phone or exchanged an e-mail you wound up getting into a fight and feeling a whole lot lousier than you did five minutes before? That's action at a distance.
[...] The point is, the Delft researchers proved the principle by isolating target entangled electrons inside two supercooled diamonds placed 10 meters -- or 33 ft. -- apart, creating what one of the physicists described as "miniprisons"€� for them. They then manipulated their spin rate and determined that the behavior of one indeed continued to determine the spin of the other, and vice versa, even at that distance. Something similar had been achieved before, in 2009, by University of Maryland researchers, but the experiment worked only one out of every 100 million attempts. This one succeeded 100% of the time. Next, the Dutch plan to expand their work -- literally -- trying to see if the quantum entanglement holds at a distance of 1 kilometer, or .62 mi.

[KK4AMI]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/0...m-Entanglement

What the Dutch physicists did involved something called quantum entanglement, which Einstein once described as "spooky action at a distance,"€� a term that pretty much describes what it is. Entangled particles are sort of the dysfunctional couples of quantum physics. You know that long-distance relationship you had in college that didn'€™t really work out and every time you and your significant other got on the phone or exchanged an e-mail you wound up getting into a fight and feeling a whole lot lousier than you did five minutes before? That's action at a distance.
[...] The point is, the Delft researchers proved the principle by isolating target entangled electrons inside two supercooled diamonds placed 10 meters -- or 33 ft. -- apart, creating what one of the physicists described as "miniprisons"€� for them. They then manipulated their spin rate and determined that the behavior of one indeed continued to determine the spin of the other, and vice versa, even at that distance. Something similar had been achieved before, in 2009, by University of Maryland researchers, but the experiment worked only one out of every 100 million attempts. This one succeeded 100% of the time. Next, the Dutch plan to expand their work -- literally -- trying to see if the quantum entanglement holds at a distance of 1 kilometer, or .62 mi.

Careful, if they accidentally turn Netherlands into a Black hole, your radio hobby is over! ;)

[PA5COR]

I'll grease the radio waves so they can get out then ;)

[N2NH]

This shows that the Maryland experiment is reproducible. It also seems that they were aiming a bit too high to begin with. It I recall, they were attempting to do this over a much greater distance. Well, transporting, which is what this is leading to (as in Doctor Who and Star Trek) should beat 10 hours of flying anyday.

[NQ6U]

I could be wrong, but I think stating that they "teleported data" is incorrect. My understanding was that no information could be passed using this method.

[PA5COR]

The Dutch scientists did just that, data was moved from one place to another place and not using any transportation system.

[N2NH]

The Dutch scientists did just that, data was moved from one place to another place and not using any transportation system.

That means it's likely that it happened FTL - Faster Than Light. That's pretty mind-boggling.

[PA5COR]

Yep, about 160 times the speed of light it was calculated.

[NQ6U]

Daily Kos isn't exactly an authoritative source on science topics so I've been trying to find a better source. There is a surprisingly small amount of info about this but claims made in the Delft group's own press release are far more modest than was stated on DK. You can download it in PDF form from their site.

[KC9SQR]

VERY interesting read....
First thing I thought to myself when reading the title of this thread was "They invented a new internet?" lol