Scientists Report Finding Reliable Way to Teleport Data

I'm sure the first applications will be diplomatic/military, since that's a field with an obvious need for ultra-secure communications, plus many countries with resources to spare have global networks of secure embassies/installations where you would want reliable communication without any reliance on external infrastructure. My impression of the apparatus from the description provided was that it was relatively compact, the bulkiest part being the cooling bath for the diamond 'electron prison' - it seems like you could build this into something the size of a refrigerator, and it was put together with existing commercial components, a big plus.

A more medium-term application with obvious benefits would be on interplanetary probes, manned and unmanned. We could probably significantly cut the attrition rate of space probes if we had real-time telemetry data and control with no transmission lag. If I understand Bell's theorem correctly, then the energy requirements ought to be independent of the distance involved.

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