On the subject of teleportation

Teleportating anything bigger than a micron would just take an insane amout of coordination. All those atoms in the exact same place? Not likely.
But teleporting, say, a single atom? Maybe a piece of hydrogen? Doesn't seem too far-fetched. Technology is getting pretty advanced, and one day teleportation could happen.
 
@godzilla898. Please define what a 'micron' would be, in all those years I have never encountered something like a 'micron'.
 
mi·cron also mi·kron (mkrn)
n. pl. mi·crons or mi·cra (-kr) also mi·krons or mi·kra (-kr)
A unit of length equal to one millionth (10-6) of a meter. No longer in technical use.
 
I think that should've been a micrometer then.. Sorry I'm not used with non SI terms. Especially not those that aren't in use anymore.
 
Yeah, I remember reading about some kind of atom teleportation in Discover magazine a few years ago. In their 2008 (?) "Greatest Scientific Advences of the Year" edition (or whatever it was.) Something about making an atom disappear and reappear on the other side of an apple.

And I've always heard micron. Almost never heard micrometer :/
 
off topic
I think the move to micrometer was to follow the metric system naming protocol. But I always think of the measuring device when I see the word.

back on topic
I wonder how much energy it took to transport that atom a few inches?
 
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