Scientists entangle two diamonds

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Scientists have linked two diamonds in a mysterious process called entanglement that is normally only seen on the quantum scale.
Entanglement is so weird that Einstein dubbed it "spooky action at a distance." It's a strange effect where one object gets connected to another so that even if they are separated by large distances, an action performed on one will affect the other. Entanglement usually occurs with subatomic particles, and was predicted by the theory of quantum mechanics, which governs the realm of the very small.
But now physicists have succeeded in entangling two macroscopic diamonds, demonstrating that quantum mechanical effects are not limited to the microscopic scale.

"I think it's an important step into a new regime of thinking about quantum phenomena," physicist Ian Walmsley of England's University of Oxford said."That is, in this regime of the bigger world, room temperatures, ambient conditions. Although the phenomenon was expected to exist, actually being able to observe it in such a system we think is quite exciting." [Twisted Physics: 7 Mind-Blowing Findings]
Another study recently used quantum entanglement to teleport bits of light from one place to another. And other researchers have succeeded in entangling macroscopic objects before, but they have generally been under special circumstances, prepared in special ways, and cooled to cryogenic temperatures. In the new achievement, the diamonds were large and not prepared in any special way, the researchers said.
"It's big enough you can see it," Walmsley told LiveScience of the diamonds."They're sitting on the table, out in plain view. The laboratory isn't particularly cold or particularly hot, it's just your everyday room."

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I think it's amazing they've entangled 2 macroscopic objects at room temperature. How far off do you think quantum computing might be?
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[superccs]

I wish I knew enough about this to know how you entangle things... Cool finding though. Nerds, Go Go Go!

 

[William Gaatjes]

Imagine this : "The minds eye..."

If you can create entanglement on a macro scale then this is possible :
2 atom structures are entangled with each other, atom structure 1 will be the receiver, atom structure 2 will be the transmitter.

atom structure 2 is placed near a subject of interest. Every object radiates EM. Some in the for humans visual field. The subject of interests is also radiating EM. This EM radiation also known as photons, strike atom structure 2. Atom structure 1 will now start to exhibit behavior as if it is hit by photons. Examining the behavior with a library of known behavior from previous experiments, (energy levels, vibration of atoms, of the lattice and more) makes it possible to examine the data and recalculate what was the source of the photons. Thus seeing from a distance. Combine this with creating from virtual particles an atom structure at a distance that functions as atom structure 2(the transmitter)...

But it is all still theory for now...

 

[Murloc]

sounds cool

Imagine this : "The minds eye..."

If you can create entanglement on a macro scale then this is possible :
2 atom structures are entangled with each other, atom structure 1 will be the receiver, atom structure 2 will be the transmitter.

atom structure 2 is placed near a subject of interest. Every object radiates EM. Some in the for humans visual field. The subject of interests is also radiating EM. This EM radiation also known as photons, strike atom structure 2. Atom structure 1 will now start to exhibit behavior as if it is hit by photons. Examining the behavior with a library of known behavior from previous experiments, (energy levels, vibration of atoms, of the lattice and more) makes it possible to examine the data and recalculate what was the source of the photons. Thus seeing from a distance. Combine this with creating from virtual particles an atom structure at a distance that functions as atom structure 2(the transmitter)...

But it is all still theory for now...

you still have to place the second structure, so how is that weird except that you can transmit istantly from millions light years away?

or is there a speed limitation

 

[William Gaatjes]

sounds cool


you still have to place the second structure, so how is that weird except that you can transmit istantly from millions light years away?

or is there a speed limitation

At this moment i have no idea, therefore i do not know.
But it would be a great method for space exploration probes.

The question is how long lived is the effect ?
And how stable is the entanglement ?
There will probably be needed a means of focusing, or a multi facet view similar as a compound eye can be used...

 

[videogames101]

sounds cool


you still have to place the second structure, so how is that weird except that you can transmit istantly from millions light years away?

or is there a speed limitation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-communication_theorem

Controversial, but interesting. It states that even entangled particles can't transmit data faster than light.

 

[Skypix7]

...Atom structure 1 will now start to exhibit behavior as if it is hit by photons. ...

AKA, psychic phenomena. Science is once again catching up with ancient phenomena. Next: crop circles regarded as energy wakes of multidimensional vehicles passing through...well...corn fields as they pass through our dimensional space.

But for now, quantum phenomena are cool, because they're opening the door on what a lot of us know exists: the ability to sense others at great distance. Remote Viewing, Mind Dynamics, etc.

And no, I'm not smoking anything.

 

[Paul98]

I really hope that entanglement eventually becomes a way we can transmit data instantaneously, that would be a huge breakthrough. It would also have some interesting implications in relativity.

 

[wuliheron]

I think it's amazing they've entangled 2 macroscopic objects at room temperature. How far off do you think quantum computing might be?
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Its impossible to predict because entanglement is contextual and subject to Indeterminacy. That diamond, for example, is an extremely rigid crystal with a very simple repetitious structure and they could only entangle the two for the briefest of times its even possible to measure. A quantum computer would require much longer periods of entanglement and much more complex structures. Exactly what effect all that additional complexity might have on the difficulty involved in maintaining entanglement long enough to do calculations is anyone's guess.

That's actually one of the more important reasons physicists are so interested in creating a quantum computer. They want to explore just how context fundamentally influences entanglement and Indeterminacy. They have neither the theory nor the basic tools yet to even hazard a guess other then to say it ain't gonna be easy.

 

[William Gaatjes]

AKA, psychic phenomena. Science is once again catching up with ancient phenomena. Next: crop circles regarded as energy wakes of multidimensional vehicles passing through...well...corn fields as they pass through our dimensional space.

But for now, quantum phenomena are cool, because they're opening the door on what a lot of us know exists: the ability to sense others at great distance. Remote Viewing, Mind Dynamics, etc.

And no, I'm not smoking anything.

I never mentioned psychic phenomena. I mentioned technical solutions to do better scouting, exploration and communication in space. These ways of exploration ask for a lot of energy, more then the human body can generate and focus at one point. What you suggest may only happen in a true vacuum because there is no room for errors created by the environment. More energy is to stand out in the noise. However, the universe is not a true vacuum. The human body cannot sustain production and control of high power output without damage.

All crop circle phenomena have paths (tractor) which mere humans can enter and do the magic. Anybody who believes in crop circles is missing the obvious.
There is not a single such phenomena which did not show means of travel (footprints aka a reoccurring pattern of damage where the damages are the general length of a human leg a part). Even helicopters show typical tracks of damage on the surrounding crops. One could elongate the legs with aluminum acrobatic stilts, but still... Typical reoccurring tracks.