Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Computing Update

Scientists teleport the state of an atom across a lab:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126936.500-teleporter-sends-ions-on-longdistance-journey.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

"The promise of this new process is that it could form the basis of a "quantum repeater" that will enable quantum communication over almost any distance: ion teleporters placed at regular intervals along a fibre could briefly store quantum states before sending them on their way, so no single photon has to travel too far."

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