Beam me up, Scotty!

[mr_thebrain]

Frickin' kool as heck!!!!!
Quantum physics FTW!

[Taalcon]

Unlike the customary conception of "beaming", it is not a matter here of a particle disappearing from one place and re-appearing in another. "Quantum teleportation constitutes methods of communication for application in quantum cryptography, the decoding of data, and not new kinds of transportation", as Dr. Klemens Hammerer emphasizes. "The importance of the experiment is that it is now possible for the first time to achieve teleportation between stationary atoms, which can store quantum states, and light, which is needed to transmit information over great distances. This marks an important step towards accomplishing quantum cryptography, i.e. absolutely safe communication over long distances, such as between Munich and Copenhagen."

Scotty won't be beaming anyone anywhere any time soon, but the communication aspect of it is pretty freakin' cool.

[mr_thebrain]

on an unrelated science sidenote, if you haven't yet heard about this stuff yet, check it out:

Nobel prize for the cobe project (most people don't know much about the cobe project, even though it's pretty old news, it is REALLY kool. so everyone should read up on it.)

xprize for mapping the human genome. brought to you from the same people who did the 10 mil to get into space race, now it's a biotech race.

[mr_thebrain]

heh, the title of this topic was more about catching people's attention, taal.

[zeroguy]

Nobel prize for the cobe project (most people don't know much about the cobe project, even though it's pretty old news, it is REALLY kool. so everyone should read up on it.)

You found this out from xkcd, didn't you?

[mr_thebrain]

no, i did a news search on google, and yahoo.

[eriador]

Have you ever seen the picture from the cobe project printed out at massive resolution? It makes an AMAZING poster, especially because of the significance.

[peterlocke123]

Do you have a link Eriador?

[eriador]

sorry, but no.

[mr_thebrain]

thanks to whoever moved these!

[eriador]

Here is an amazing (hi-res) of the COBE images in different wave-lengths. Check it out.
***edit***
f***. I need to get more sleep.
Sorry.

[zeroguy]

Here is an amazing (hi-res) of the COBE images in different wave-lengths. Check it out.

"Here"? Where? Wha?

[mr_thebrain]

linkiador

[zeroguy]

No worries, eriador.

Oooh, psychedelic.

[mr_thebrain]

oooooh my that IS pretty.

i have to do something with those images.

[eriador]

Thanks. Now all you have to do is run that sucker through the rasterbator and you have yourself a hella pretty poster.