On the subject of teleportation

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This is the one for the normal physicists on the forum rather than the astrophysicists. Them too. So, teleportation. We have achieved it, but only with sub-atomic particles and the like. Will teleportation ever be possible on a large scale, such as shifting entire buildings?

Oh yeah. I cloned the time travel thread.
 
I think that it is a long way off because one of the simplest ways to teleport is through quantum computers (explained it in my long post in Time Travel thread). And no one understands quantum physics. :)
 
Ok, here it goes. Hydrogen, oxygen and carbon make up about 99% of the average human. I'm going to cheat a little and leave out the other 1%, which is made up of trace elements (that is, stuff there's only a trace of in the body). Then, let's assume an average adult weighs 70 kilograms. Be sure to keep in mind that the following numbers are based on the number of atoms, not percent of body weight (by weight we are mostly oxygen). A 70 kg body would have approximately 7*1027 atoms. That is, 7 followed by 27 zeros:

7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Of that, 4.7*1027 would be hydrogen atoms, which have one proton and one electron each. Another 1.8*1027 would be oxygen, which has 8 protons, 8 neutrons and 8 electrons. There are 7.0*1026 carbon atoms, which have 6 protons, 6 neutrons and 6 electrons. Now, let's add that all up:

Protons Neutrons Electrons
Hydrogen 4.7*1027 0 4.7*1027
Oxygen 1.4*1028 1.4*1028 1.4*1028
Carbon 4.2*1027 4.2*1027 4.2*1027
Total 2.3*1028 1.8*1028 2.3*1028

Well, you'll have to agree that really is a whole bunch.

Answer 2

As they say in French - "Beaucoup," meaning a lot! A very technical, but very interesting, discussion of this can be found at http://www.foresight.org/Nanomedicine/Ch03_1.html. In summary, for a typical human of 70 kg, there are almost 7*1027 atoms (that's a 7 followed by 27 zeros!) Another way of saying this is "seven billion billion billion." Of this, almost 2/3 is hydrogen, 1/4 is oxygen, and about 1/10 is carbon. These three atoms add up to 99% of the total!

I don't think so. I think technical limitations will keep it an oddity.
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^Quantum super-computers (once they're built) will be able to handle all of that though. And they will be super fast, too. The only problem, as stated before, nobody understands quantum physics/mechanics, so no quantum computer can be built :(. We'll just have to wait for that next Einstein to come out and build these quantum machines already!
 
@omahanime. I don't really understand your post, what is the meaning of it? Trying to show that a human body is too 'complex' to be teleportated? Also the formulas are wrong I think you meant 7^1027 instead of 7*1027.
 
The formula is just what I found on a technical page. The point I was trying to get across (I just thought everyone would be overwhelmed by that number) is with 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms, each atom has a specific location. Each location requires a 3 number address. That is a lot of data to be encoded, stored, and used. Let alone teleportation would be the most hideous weapon ever created.
 
The reason quantum physics aren't understood is because most of them aren't possible and make no sense. It is a bit like Higg's Bozon.
 
Maybe some time way in the future.
One particle at a time!
I'd like to know if normal life could stand teleportation once we get it up to that level. Or does everything just come out as a Ratatta like Bill.
Moral: Draw two cards.
 
@Chiraami. No, you do not understand them because in your eyes they make no sense. It isn't some branch of science where eveybody can throw their imaginary ideas in. These are actually well thought theories, possible in theory but we can't test them out in the field yet, since we don't have the technology to do so.
 
Precisely what I meant. They don't make sense because we haven't the technology to test them. T

I really need to always add the fine details to my posts, but I don't.
 
I don't think teleportation is possible due to the fact that rebuilding the compound would be near-impossible. You would also have to move it, then rebuild it.
 
@Azelf Master. It is not possible because it is not impossible? Read your own post, it made me laugh. But again, even though it might be so incredibly difficult to achieve that doesn't make it impossibe. And even though the chance exist that the human race never will build one doesn't make teleportation impossible either.
 
Pokequaza,

I agree with you it may be possible, but not practical. An example of possible, but not practical is jet packs.
 
Aha. Someone got the point. Just because it is not practical it doesn't mean it's impossible. If the laws of our universe do allow teleportation, but we have not discovered it yet or haven't tested it out, doesn't mean it's impossible.

About your jetpack, there are enough jetpacks developed already, just enter 'jetpack' on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gcurwcPs3U as an example.
 
I know about the jet packs. The point I was trying to make was that they are not used in the military, they are not used in day to day life. Therefore they are impractical.
 
Maybe in 50 years from now assuming we survive December 21st, 2012 and the supposed Super Solar Storm that could end all life on Earth as we know it.
 
Some people do believe that. I regard it as a joke; that's just the end of a Mayan time period, they just ran out of space on the circular calendar :p keep in mind, though, that the Mayans probably didn't expect to have survived that long, and if they did, they could just make a new calendar...
 
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