The first teleportation of information

[BoraMurdar]

A Chinese research team, led by professor Chao-Yang Lu from the University of Science and Technology of China, have managed to teleport a piece of quantum information from the Gobi Desert to a satellite in space.

This is the first time information has been transferred into space using this method, known as quantum entanglement. It's not quite the same as the teleportation we see in science fiction; technically, no particle actually goes anywhere in the information transfer. What actually happens in quantum entanglement and in this teleportation is that two paired quantum photon particles react as if they were the same particle, without there being any physical connection between the two. So in essence, what you do or change in one particle will also change in the other particle, regardless of how far away the other particle is.

In a time of ever-increasing ransomware attacks and elusive hacker networks, what appears to be a major benefit to this type of information transfer is the minimization of the chances of interception, which means that quantum encryption may very well be the way forward for improved cybersecurity.

 

[TheJokerz]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing! This is truly fascinating, hopefully this will revolutionize the internet!

 

[Vasudev]

Down the line, we might have quantum PCs at home or even Quantum mobiles too.

 

[Winter Soldier]

Well, certainly a big step for science and humanity!

What is of big interest in this experiment, in my opinion, is the large distance. To be able to keep the entanglement of hundreds of Km of distance, for transferring the particles through the atmosphere, is the admirable part of this project.

Thanks Bora for the share, really interesting topic

 

[BoraMurdar]

Like said above, I cannot wait for the new technologies that can be built on this no-particle-exchange communication!

 

[orthonovum]

Next up... beam me to and from work thanks

 

[Deletedmessiah]

Really interesting!