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Master the art of "the transporter" with information being sent via optics. Send a ship out into space. Aboard will be an environment for humans and a big rec
by josh-wrale 13y ago
Master the art of "the transporter" with information being sent via optics. Send a ship out into space. Aboard will be an environment for humans and a big receiver on the side. Send the ship. Wait until it reaches it destination. "Beam" humans to the ship. If boredom ensues, reverse the transmission. Leave the "Stargate" behind. :)
Edit: see quantum entanglement
Edit 2: Thinking aloud about quantum entanglement. I understand that we can slow and stop light by passing it into a Bose-Einstein condensate. Can we thereby suspend two entangled particles, each in its own BEC? That way, we can send our ship out into space, unfreeze light (time?) and proceed to transmit Data (heh).
Edit 3: Transmit, that is: faster than the speed of light. (thinking not) :)
Edit 4: Now, I want to know what happens when a BCE containing stopped light travels at or near the speed the speed of light.. Ah never mind. I'm not a physicist. Cold and fast don't go together easily, either. :)
Edit 5: Do watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Nj2uTZc10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Nj2uTZc10
Edit 6: By the way, if Edit 2 is used, no big receiver would be required. Hmm.. Send the quantum receiver to a Class M planet.. Skip the on-ship environment. Terraform to taste.
- kjs3 13y agoEdit 7: Learn what all those words really mean and how they relate; drop the whole thing a get a beer.
- josh-wrale 13y agoThanks for the tip. Ever thought about going into teaching?
- kjs3 13y agoYeah. And I do.
- teraflop 13y agoYou can't use entanglement to do FTL communication. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-communication_theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-communication_theorem
- josh-wrale 13y agoGlad to learn something new. Thanks.