If you are a fan of "Star Trek" series, you definitely have come across the catchphrase "Beam me up". This particular command was used to teleport any character back to Starship Enterprise. The question is, can it get real?
While human teleportation presently exists just in movies, teleportation is possible now in the subatomic world of quantum mechanics. In the quantum world, teleportation means the transport of details, instead of the transport of matter. Quantum teleportation is a presentation of what Albert Einstein notoriously called "scary action at a range"- likewise referred to as quantum entanglement. In our quest for understanding what is possible, we have often come across the term "photonics," and wondered if the concept of quantum teleporting particles is possible. We know that with the use of the science of waves and atoms, we can go into a vacuum, or "speed space," and travel back and forth in time. Scientists believe this to be a reality because we can measure the tiny particles that make up atoms in a lab. Once they are put in a flow of water, they become excited and jump to another location. If this was not the case, scientists believe it would be impossible to see one wave bouncing off another.
But scientists have used this technology to create computers that can sendinformation faster than the speed of light to another computer. And now, quantum entanglement is offering scientists a new way to look at the question of how to teleport. Entanglement refers to the phenomenon of two particles that bind together when brought close to each other.
One theory about how to teleport using the law of physics is through the use of what is called a mental link. The brain is said to be capable of tapping into an alternate dimension where the physical space and time would no longer affect the individual. According to this theory, an individual who travels into this other world might not be affected by time and space barriers, and could literally be in another body. Although this is still just a theory of science fiction, there are already those who believe that teleporting through a mental link is possible.
Scientists have also made use of what is called quantum computing to model how the mind might work in this kind of environment. Quantum computing was introduced nearly 25 years ago and deals with the idea that our brains are essentially quantum machines. These machines would basically operate in a superposition mode, where they would simultaneously take the information contained in it and then convert it into electrical signals that can be used to do something else.
