Teleporters

[Forbez 0]

How come noone has invented one yet.When I was younger I thought by now they would of built one, but there is even a hint to that they've even thought about starting planning for teleporters. I mean, my legs aren't gonna carry me forever!

[salamangkero 0]

Au contraire, they have already invented one. Although it only teleported something infinitesimal, an electron or photon, I think, an equally infinitesimal distance, just a few nanometers.If walking is a problem, though, we could chop your legs off and install bionic limbs. I hear they're making great advances in bionic technology.If you are loathe to lose your limbs, though, we could also have an electronic wheelchair. See, there are lots of ways to get around and I doubt teleportation is actually needed for petty and trivial matters like scaling short distances

[slammer 0]

As salamangkero said, it has already been done, just on a small scale. The problem is breaking down an objects atomic structure, transporting it and assembling it again. Probably possible..but if it would kill a human in the process? I dont know...

[Koopler 0]

It's possible, but it would probably require cloning. You would step into the machine, die, and have a copy of yourself transported to another destination. The machine would completely replicate your body and shoot you off your data to a far distance at lightning fast speeds. When you reach your destination, you're data would be used to rebuild your body, making a clone of yourself. This would give the effect of teleporting, but it's kind of scary, because it's not you that comes out to the other side, it's a clone that would function exactly like you. So theoretically, it's possible, but even when a machine like that does appear, it would be an unpleasant way to travel...

[runeps 0]

I never thought of teleportation that much because I so used to car travel or air but Kooper's way would hurt ,I think that maybe we can have this tube were your data or teleportation data (Your Self ) In a pod a extremely mini pod would be sent to a receiving or dispatching station were it will be sent to it destination location were they would enter the access code for the pod which only a trained personal would know and it will load you data not like a clone but a real human beingThat is my idea for teleportation

[Dooga 0]

I used to think that we could probably duplicate or clone a brain, send it via data, and rebuild it right on the spot, while rebuilding a body too. But then that would just mean killing yourself to create another one somewhere else....

[tomfriends 0]

Hello all,As for my views on the teleportation.It would be pretty good if had come into being.Just imagine about the time it would take for a human to travel from one place to the other. It would be just as fast as sending a email. NO need to wait for flight delays and traffic jams.think of all your parents who are abroad if you would like to visit them, just drop in to say hi. But just as pretty it seems, it feels scray also.I had once seen a film ( i dont remember the name )Where in a scientist made a teleportation machine, He successfully teleported his monkey for one place to the other ( both the destination and source was in his lab itself but on two different boxes ). The theory used in that film was of breaking down of the molecules and rebuilding them at the other point.As for the scary part when the scientist attempts to teleport a fly is also traped in the same machine. The computer runns the program to splice the genes and both the scientist and the fly are spliced. at the destination due to the fact that only one person may enter at a time the computer joined both the Human and the fly together.Guess what the person began changing into a fly and died bcos of the fact that the bodily fluids of a fly is used for breaking down the food that they eat. The film was gross coming to the end. So i guess for the person who thinks that his legs are not going to carry him forever, watching this movie would get him back on his feet.Just kidding man.

[salamangkero 0]

Well, I happen to love my legs; I have no qualms about walking from place to place. However, one thing I totally hate is sitting in the same cramped space for hours. Such is the reason I abhor traveling.If, however, teleportation technology was perfected in the safest manner, I wouldn't mind traveling to all the places I haven't been to. Well, thankfully, though, I have other alternatives: get a larger vehicle or travel on my own (which would suck because then I'd have nobody at my beck and call)

[Forbez 0]

Hello all,
As for my views on the teleportation.

It would be pretty good if had come into being.
Just imagine about the time it would take for a human to travel from one place to the other. It would be just as fast as sending a email. NO need to wait for flight delays and traffic jams.

think of all your parents who are abroad if you would like to visit them, just drop in to say hi.

But just as pretty it seems, it feels scray also.

I had once seen a film ( i dont remember the name )

Where in a scientist made a teleportation machine, He successfully teleported his monkey for one place to the other ( both the destination and source was in his lab itself but on two different boxes ). The theory used in that film was of breaking down of the molecules and rebuilding them at the other point.

As for the scary part when the scientist attempts to teleport a fly is also traped in the same machine. The computer runns the program to splice the genes and both the scientist and the fly are spliced. at the destination due to the fact that only one person may enter at a time the computer joined both the Human and the fly together.

Guess what the person began changing into a fly and died bcos of the fact that the bodily fluids of a fly is used for breaking down the food that they eat.

The film was gross coming to the end.

So i guess for the person who thinks that his legs are not going to carry him forever, watching this movie would get him back on his feet.

Just kidding man.

Wasn't that from Simpson, where Bart and a fly get mixed with each other.

But back to teleporters, I think teleporters may be the way people can travel the Galaxy, by sending us though radio waves, and radio waves move at the speed of light. Thats out ticket to distance stars. Only problem is that for teleporters to work, you need an exit for it. SO it would be a long time before you can go and vist Pluto.

[Teri Luketic 0]

It's possible, but it would probably require cloning. You would step into the machine, die, and have a copy of yourself transported to another destination. The machine would completely replicate your body and shoot you off your data to a far distance at lightning fast speeds. When you reach your destination, you're data would be used to rebuild your body, making a clone of yourself. This would give the effect of teleporting, but it's kind of scary, because it's not you that comes out to the other side, it's a clone that would function exactly like you. So theoretically, it's possible, but even when a machine like that does appear, it would be an unpleasant way to travel...

If it would require cloning, I don't think it would be worth it. To step into something, and no longer exist, with some other creature acting like you walking around, does not sound that fantastic or handy. I am a pretty open minded person in most cases, but I do not like the idea of cloning, let alone dying so your clone can live out your life for you. It would have to have your memories in order to be you, and to do something like that, that would take even more technological advances, not just in the cloning, but in brains as well.

[Dooga 0]

I don't think that killing yourself for another one of yourself to live is right. I mean, is it really teleporting YOU, or just another one of you? Can you imagine stepping into something, then die, and the person that comes out of the other end isn't really you? I find it quite scary for this to happen. What happens if there's a problem with the cloning?

[galexcd 0]

If it would require cloning, I don't think it would be worth it. To step into something, and no longer exist, with some other creature acting like you walking around, does not sound that fantastic or handy.

I've been thinking about cloning, since the new "creature" would have the exact same brain impulses so the clone wouldn't even know it's a clone. The clone would think it's you. Everything would be the same. So one way of thinking about it is it's a 50% chance, either you die or live, even though YOU are the one who dies, another "being" is essentially YOU. It's kind of strange to think about especially if you believe in a "soul". How would cloning work then? Would a piece of your soul be put into your clone?

Hmm I donno.. I'll ask God....

[kawasu 0]

anybody seen the prestige? if you haven't, then i don't suggest you read on; unless you don't care that i spoil the movie for you haha. what you guys are talking about is exactly what happens in that movie; except the guy doesn't die. he gets copied on the spot and a clone pops out at a different location. he uses this machine for a magic trick called the teleporting man or something along those lines. anyway, what he did was put a water tank underneath a trap door so as soon as he was copied he'd fall into the tank and drown while the clone appeared at a different location to get applauded. the first time he used it, he put a gun next to the copying machine. when the other him came out, he was horrified because he knew he was about to be killed by himself. the original, who had shot him moments later, was too petrified. i mean, he just killed himself in a way. it was an interesting movie, i really liked it. if you like this teleportation mumbo jumbo you should watch it. xD

[salamangkero 0]

I don't think that killing yourself for another one of yourself to live is right. I mean, is it really teleporting YOU, or just another one of you? Can you imagine stepping into something, then die, and the person that comes out of the other end isn't really you? I find it quite scary for this to happen. What happens if there's a problem with the cloning?

It's not exactly "killing" yourself. As a matter of fact, you live on. I do happen to hold the belief that just because I'm not holding the same set of atoms I did just a few seconds ago does not necessarily mean I'm not me anymore. If it were true, though, you'd have to agree that people change all the time. Whenever I scratch my butt or pick my nose, it's no longer me. Heck, just the simple process of exfoliating my skin "changes" me.

So the point is that human identity probably does not lie on the very atoms that comprise him (or her, for the gender-sensitive of you) Ultimately, it leads to, "No, I don't believe teleport-cloning is killing yourself for someone that is not you"

[itrainmonkeys 0]

This whole thread makes me think of a few different things. Teleporters...or teleportation devices still aren't available....at least the way the original poster implied. I think about Star Trek and the ways they teleport in that. I also think about the teleportation pods in the movie "The Fly" with Jeff Goldblum.....which had disastrous results lol.IDK how I feel about having the ability to teleport people. It could bring some unforseen obstacles and be a big problem in the future. I'll stick with walking and driving for now. Plus I don't see us having that technology in the near future. It's fun to think about though.