Teleportation Between Light and Matter?

A remarkable story in Scientific American about what could be a crucial step towards a revolution in computer technology: Quantum Computing.

First Teleportation Between Light and Matter | Science & Technology at Scientific American.com
At long last researchers have teleported the information stored in a beam of light into a cloud of atoms, which is about as close to getting beamed up by Scotty as we're likely to come in the foreseeable future.

First Teleportation Between Light and Matter | Science & Technology at Scientific American.com
At long last researchers have teleported the information stored in a beam of light into a cloud of atoms, which is about as close to getting beamed up by Scotty as we're likely to come in the foreseeable future.

I won’t pretend to understand it all but that’s OK;

If you are not completely confused by quantum mechanics, you do not understand it.
John Wheeler.

It is safe to say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.
Richard Feynman.

Quotes via Physics Musings