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Direct Counterfactual Quantum Communication Claimed

posted by on Thursday May 18 2017, @11:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the band-name-of-the-week dept.

butthurt writes:

Futurism reports:

For the first time in the history of quantum mechanics, scientists have been able to transmit a black and white image without having to send any physical particles. The phenomenon can be explained using the Zeno effect, the same effect that explains that movement itself is impossible.

The journal article is in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1614560114)

Wikipedia has an article about the quantum Zeno effect.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by datapharmer on Thursday May 18 2017, @12:49PM (11 children)

    by datapharmer (2702) on Thursday May 18 2017, @12:49PM (#511665)

    Pictures or it never happened.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @01:07PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @01:07PM (#511667)

    In the link there is another link to graphs. I clicked it and it asked me for a paid subscription.

    • (Score: 5, Funny) by Nuke on Thursday May 18 2017, @01:20PM (4 children)

      by Nuke (3162) on Thursday May 18 2017, @01:20PM (#511671)

      In the link there is another link to graphs. I clicked it and it asked me for a paid subscription

      Just tell them you sent the money without sending any physical particles.

      • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:49PM (3 children)

        by kaszz (4211) on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:49PM (#511731) Journal

        Must be like quantum money. You never know how much they are until eyeballs looks into the wallet ;-)

        • (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Thursday May 18 2017, @07:17PM (2 children)

          by bob_super (1357) on Thursday May 18 2017, @07:17PM (#511793)

          It also changes depending on the observer: My wife and boss seem to see more income than I do.

          • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday May 18 2017, @11:06PM

            by kaszz (4211) on Thursday May 18 2017, @11:06PM (#511884) Journal

            Must be that observer effect ;-)

            Time to upgrade to boss 3.0 and wife 2.0 ? :p

          • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday May 19 2017, @03:31AM

            by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday May 19 2017, @03:31AM (#511989)

            You need to put it in a pyramid scheme like bitcoin to amplify it's quantity before you count it.

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  • (Score: 2) by theluggage on Thursday May 18 2017, @01:37PM (1 child)

    by theluggage (1797) on Thursday May 18 2017, @01:37PM (#511674)

    Pictures or it never happened.

    Is that a genuine request, or a joke about quantum mechanics?

  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday May 18 2017, @05:27PM (2 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday May 18 2017, @05:27PM (#511748) Journal

    Pictures or it never happened.

    Well, I could show them to you but then we wouldn't be able to find the damn thing!

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday May 18 2017, @07:21PM (1 child)

      by bob_super (1357) on Thursday May 18 2017, @07:21PM (#511794)

      If I can observe the position of the picture, it will be moving? I've always wondered about that when watching Harry Potter...

      • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday May 19 2017, @03:04PM

        by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Friday May 19 2017, @03:04PM (#512208) Homepage
        I was thinking of a perfectly in focus crisp clear photo of Usain Bolt on the starting blocks, and thus winning the race.
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