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jammer06 said:
I'm thinking more of instantaneous communication. Sounds like the Ansible from Enders game could be a reality. That would be a game changer for sure. Imagine getting probe data instantly and being able to send commands to robotics without the speed of light lag time to mars saturn or jupiter.
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Instantaneous for most of the likely implementations, but it also could not be intercepted during transmission. Effectively (and purely in analogous form) what you have is two sheets of paper that could be miles (or light years) apart. What you write on the sheet in front of you also appears on the other sheet. Stretch the distance enough, and it's not instantaneous since it's constrained by the speed of light.

I'm most looking forward to there finally being a working good-damn voodoo doll.
 
Krussadams said:
Instantaneous for most of the likely implementations, but it also could not be intercepted during transmission. Effectively (and purely in analogous form) what you have is two sheets of paper that could be miles (or light years) apart. What you write on the sheet in front of you also appears on the other sheet. Stretch the distance enough, and it's not instantaneous since it's constrained by the speed of light.
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Would it though? Is it actually "traveling" through space? I thought I read something that said something like that would not be constrained by the speed of light. My memory is fuzzy though, so I could be wrong.
 
santiclaws said:
Would it though? Is it actually "traveling" through space? I thought I read something that said something like that would not be constrained by the speed of light. My memory is fuzzy though, so I could be wrong.
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Everything I've read indicates so, yeah. Many have touted that it means faster-than-light communication, but it doesn't. Only Tachyons have been proposed to travel faster than light, but they are still purely hypothetical.

A brief, but helpful Cornell Ask an Astronomer article: http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/ab...-faster-than-light-communication-intermediate
 
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Krussadams said:
Teleportation: Photon particles today, humans tomorrow?

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40594387



Grab some Advil...or maybe some vodka...before you head down this wormhole. Very cool stuff here if it is indeed legit.

No, not Star Trek teleportation...but what could be almost totally uninterceptable communication. Using quantum entanglement to transmit data long distances is a big step. Once honed (although I suspect this is further along than we know), this could be extremely useful and powerful.
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Ah...Einstein's ol' "spooky action at a distance."


The implementation problem I see happening is that only governments and affiliated research institutions will have access to this technology. It will be severely restricted, since it makes no sense for a government to have an uncrackable communication network and for it to allow the same for the great unwashed, where it would blunt their ability to keep tabs on the populace. This will not trickle down.

It'll be the tech equivalent of the current wealth disparity.
 
ChilledAgua said:
Ah...Einstein's ol' "spooky action at a distance."


The implementation problem I see happening is that only governments and affiliated research institutions will have access to this technology. It will be severely restricted, since it makes no sense for a government to have an uncrackable communication network and for it to allow the same for the great unwashed, where it would blunt their ability to keep tabs on the populace. This will not trickle down.

It'll be the tech equivalent of the current wealth disparity.
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Oh but believe me, private Enterprise will finance this research and no government can prevent that. The Chinese might be ahead now but this research doesn't have to be published.
 
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