LONDON – Scientists claim they have made the first major step towards real life teleportation, taking Star Trek technology out of science fiction and into the physical realm.
New research from an international team of scientists demonstrates for the first time the ability to “teleport” images across a network without physically sending the image itself.
Experts used a cutting-edge technique that transports images using an advanced form of quantum communication, according to researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Spain.
Quantum communication uses quantum physics to send information, essentially sending information in 1s and 0s.
But scientists have used quantum optics to expand this “alphabet” so that they can send more complex chunks of information – such as a fingerprint or face.
Rather than physically transmitting images, scientists say this new approach uses a ‘teleportation-inspired configuration’.
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