I have been reading articles about teleportation, and in them, they state the fact that scanning an object for information will harm/destroy it. Can anyone explain to me why this happens in layman's terms?

sequoianoir

http://www.research.ibm.com:80/quantuminfo/teleportation/ I do not know if this will help but it seems to makes sense to me. Jun 30 03, 6:49 PM

Gnomon

You can look at an object and see where it is wihout destroying the object. But if you want to teleport somebody, you need to get record the location of every single atom in their body. The only way to look at an atom is to bounce a light particle (photon) off it. The more accurately you want to know the position, the more energy you need to put into the photon. This will blast the atom out of its location, so that the atom is no longer where it was. So the object being examined will be destroyed. Jul 01 03, 2:17 AM

Bennett007

Try this link, it explains it quite well http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2049048.stm Jul 01 03, 7:19 AM

sequoianoir

www.research.ibm.com:80/quantuminfo/teleportation Try that. Jul 01 03, 5:25 PM

sequoianoir

http://www.research.ibm.com:80/quantuminfo/teleportation/ Or even that. Jul 01 03, 5:27 PM

sequoianoir

What's wrong with this?????? http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/ Jul 01 03, 5:31 PM