Re: How transporters work

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From: Henrik E. Nilsen
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 00:00

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The Spy wrote:
> 
> > All of this isn't really necescary, because the body is made up of atoms
> > and molecules which are self-contained and keep track of their own
> > electrons and nucleons.  So, you simly have to map the atoms and
> > molecules (which from a QM perspective using tunelling microscopes, are
> > today macro-world objects), then you "simply" send this information and
> > reconstruct the object from ready-made atoms at the destination.  We
> > could even afford some errors on the molecular level.  This would result
> > in cancer, but we have to expect that riddle to be solved in 400 years,
> > (simply take a transport sickness pill!)
> 
> The hard part is getting the atoms and molecules to go together at the
> right places on the other end. How would this be done?
> 
> Rudy

	Yes, this is the tricky part, and may prove utterly 
impractical, but even today we can move *individual* atoms
arround on a surface using a tunneling microscope (they've made
the IBM logo etc. using single atoms).  My basic point is that 
with todays technology atoms and especially molecules are 
macroscopic, clasical objects. So the Heisenberg uncertainty
principle isn't a sufficient argument to make transport 
theoretically impossible.

- Henrik

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From: "Henrik E. Nilsen" <hen@eunet.no>
Subject: Re: How transporters work
Date: 1997/04/06
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