Transporter Technology

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the concept and reality of transporter technology and teleportation. It discusses the background of the technology and looks at the problem of future quantum mechanics, particularly in using the information to transport matter. The paper then discusses whether the problems can be solved and if they can, who should finance the investigations.

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Background information
Problem Statement
Assumptions
Analysis of Alternatives
Detailed Recommendation
Technology Roadmap
What is going to change because of it?
Where Is It Going?
What Will It Disrupt?
What Will It Replace?
Implications
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Technology is still being developed for transporting information and objects, but possibly will never be available for transporting living beings. The teleporting of information is being utilized in space missions today and the ability to teleport matter is still being worked on, so that some day we may be able to transfer objects from one place to another by sending it from one "telepod" to another. But the reality is far from the imagination which created the concept of transporting humans instantaneously in the adventures filmed on 'Star Trek' decades ago, or in the film "The Fly," which was filmed in the 1950's."

Sample of Sources Used:

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