Star Trek technology is achievable

The Star Trek Transporter is used to move matter between twolocations. The transporter technology scans the entire atomic structure ofthe subjective object and stores the exact “blue-print” on a computer database.The subjective mass is then dematerialized and sent to its desiredlocation on a carrier wave. The point of transport collects the matter streamand rematerializes the atomic structure according the blue-print snap-shotstored on the computer. Naturally, some obvious problems become immediately apparentwhich the television show fails to address. The process would require thereceive location to contain a device to rematerialize the matter. Simply “beaming”a stream of matter to a location would be no more effective than launchingapplesauce at the floor, hoping it would materialize into an apple. The burden at hand, however, requires a reasonable scientific mechanism that would allow for matter transportation to be a reality, and furthermore, practical. The Science – According to a 2007 article by the UK newspaper “The Independent”, a team of scientists successfully transported a data packet over 89 miles of free space, using a quantum entanglement field, which dematerialized a photon packet and re-materialized the object at its distant end. [1] The “photon packets” where transported through free space, entirely independent from normal transmission methods, which usually require heterodyning circuits to modulate an RF carrier wave. (Radio theory) While the phenomenon is nowhere near able to transport humans or objects, it’s the first step in developing such a technology. It is not a question of “if we can teleport a structure”, but “how complicated can the teleported structure be?” As quoted by the source: "We really wanted to show that this can be done in the real world and our dream is to go into space and try it there.” The Chinese are developing a similar technology, hoping to use it as a secure communications array. The research team was able to replicate a photon particle 16 kilometers away. The intertwined photon-packet was dematerialized and re-established across 16 kilometers of free space at 89% fidelity. [2] Indeed the technology is progressing rapidly. In September of this year, the University of Vienna broke the record by transporting a photon packet over 143 kilometers of free-space. [3] In 2010, a Japanese physicist proposed his theory on transportingenergy, opening up the possibility of wireless energy distribution throughQuantum entanglement. Imagine getting your energy from a satellite transmitter.[5] The University of Heidelberg in Germany released its 2012 study of Quantum teleportation, being the first laboratory to successfully transport solid matter. The study was prompted due to the erratic nature of the photon transport. "The problem with the photon is that it always keeps traveling. You have to keep it to do usefulquantum information processing tasks (in which case we call it a 'keeper').Compared to the trapped ion experiment, an advantage of the atomic ensembles isthat they have a much higher success rate.” [4] The German lab was able to successfully transport 100 million rubidium atoms across the modest distance of .5 meters. Rubidium is a soft, metallic element, making it the first solid state particle cluster to be transported through free-space.Conclusion: Teleportation is a scientific reality. While we are years shy of transporting even a bacterium, the implication of quantum entanglement research opens the door to practical experimentation. The mere fact that a photon packet can be transported across 143 kilometers of free-space immediately satisfies the burden, making secure communication or free-space energy distribution a practical application of quantum entanglement transportation. Additionally, the ability to transport solid state elements like rubidium opens up new avenues for moving raw supplies to otherwise inaccessible locations. Such a technology, if refined and advanced, could realistically be used for mining resources from stellar objects, such as asteroids. http://www.independent.co.uk... [1] http://nerdbastards.com... [2] http://phys.org...; [3] http://phys.org...; [4] http://phys.org...; [5]