Summerton S.C. Blog: Teleportation Update: It will be achieved incrementally this Century

Several years ago, an ABC News article reported that 39% percent of U.S. adults believe scientists will make teleportation happen in the next 50 years - according to Pew Research. It turns out they may be right.

Teleportation involves the transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. Many believe current technology provides no possibility of anything resembling the fictional form of teleportation we have seen portrayed in Star Trek movies.

However, I prefer to listen to experts like physicist Michio Kaku. He has stated in a number of venues over time that he believes "It is physically possible to teleport an entire human being across the room or maybe onto Mars." See http://bigthink.com/videos/the-metaphysics-of-teleportation-2

Quantum teleportation is a process by which quantum information (e.g. the exact state of an atom or photon) can be transmitted from one location to another via classical communication between the sending and receiving location proceeding no faster than the speed of light.

With the advent of 3D printing, we can now essentially 'transport' inanimate things across space by simply sending the digitized information about an object to a 3D printer in another location anywhere in this world – even to other planets. When the information is received, the object can then be 'printed' out.

Now think about the recent advances in holography and virtual reality (VR) technologies. We will shortly be able to enter the world of virtual reality and 'visit' other parts of the world and our solar system from th comfort of our living rooms. Holography takes that yet another step forward. See Microsoft 'Holoportation' with Hololens

Physically teleporting human beings is much more complex and is still many decades away. The solution that springs to mind, similar in concept to teleporting inanimate objects, may require us to do some profound thinking and to refine our definition of what exactly a human being is.

For example, is the 'heart & soul' of human beings the collected information and knowledge we have acquired since our birth that is stored in our brains. In other words, is a human some form of complex 'information being'.

If this is the case, can we be housed not only in our existing physical bodies, but could we also have the essence of our 'information being' digitized and teleported into a new synthetic 'body' of some sort (e.g. android, cyborg) at some remote location – anywhere in the world or across our solar system.

This may be possible in several decades as a wide range of technologies continue to advance and converge towards a moment of singularity where biotechnology solutions emerge and make possible the scenario above.

Take a few minutes to check out these recent articles on Teleportation:

Scientists Successfully Teleported Quantum Material for the First Time - 2019 Chinese and Austrian scientists have succeeded in teleporting 3D quantum states for the first time.
Teleportation: Photon particles today, humans tomorrow? Chinese scientists say they have "teleported" a photon particle from the ground to a satellite orbiting 1,400km (870 miles) away.
Teleportation is possible, but how long will it be until humans can. Last year Canadian scientists successfully teleported tiny atoms faster than the speed of light. But experts claim thanks to a complicated theory in quantum mechanics, entire objects and even humans can be moved in the same way.
Scientists demonstrate high-fidelity quantum teleportation over long distances - A team of scientists from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and five other institutions claim that they have achieved a sustained, long-distance 'quantum teleportation' over 27 miles.

According to a series of articles in 'The Futurist', we are not far from breaking the barriers to exchanging medical information, drugs, medical equipment, or life itself through biological teleportation and the advances of 3-D printing.

As civilization on Earth makes the transition from a Stage 0 to a more advanced Stage 1 civilization, the need to be able to teleport inanimate objects and 'human beings' around our solar system will become necessary. See my related blog on "Redefining Our Purpose as Civilization Keeps Evolving".

The bottom line - teleportation is in fact possible right now and will progress incrementally over time, starting with inanimate objects in the immediate future and ultimately moving towards the teleportation of human beings.

One final note, by further embracing the use of open access, open source, and open communities, that will only help speed the process of developing more sophisticated forms of teleportation over the coming decades that will be needed by the end of this century.

The following are several links to key teleportation research, organizations, studies, etc.

Summerton S.C. Blog

10.3.18

Teleportation Update: It will be achieved incrementally this Century

Scientists Successfully Teleported Quantum Material for the First Time - 2019 Chinese and Austrian scientists have succeeded in teleporting 3D quantum states for the first time.

Teleportation: Photon particles today, humans tomorrow? Chinese scientists say they have "teleported" a photon particle from the ground to a satellite orbiting 1,400km (870 miles) away.

Teleportation is possible, but how long will it be until humans can. Last year Canadian scientists successfully teleported tiny atoms faster than the speed of light. But experts claim thanks to a complicated theory in quantum mechanics, entire objects and even humans can be moved in the same way.

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