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So, the summary doesn't make this clear, and if you were to use the colloquial definition of teleportation the title of the article would simply be wrong.

Quantum teleportation is nothing like teleportation in shows and movies. The big difference is that you have to already have something on the other side. In other words, you can't teleport a rat to mars because there is no rat on mars. Yet. :-p

Further, that rat would have to be entangled with another rat on mars, not something trivially accomplished. At least that's my understanding of it.

Here's an article on QM teleportation that's easier to grok (although not about teleporting energy specifically):

http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/telepo...




I think it could roughly be summarized as "quantum teleportation moves identity, not substance".




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