Have you checked a recent paper writen by Prof. Alain Hache? Long-range superluminal pulse propagation in a coaxial photonic crystal This "PROVES" Einstein's Theory of Relativity completely wrong! Nah! Just kidding... I have to agree with Uncle Psychosis on this one. Even though we can find "loop holes" for certain theory, these "loop holes" still has to agree with the theories of physics. The only thing that professor Hache is doing here, is reconstructing the pulse so the peak is located elsewhere. Although, the work of another professor (without breaking any laws of physics) suggest the use of a hypothetical cylinder (or bubble) to be able to fly through space and come back instantaneously. Will we ever be able to do this? Probably not. Even if the theory suggests that this technology could exist, we would need an astronomical amount of energy. I believe that some theory that physicist are working on right now will never see the light of day... and the teleportation of objects is one of them. I don't even think that we'll be able to see quantum computing on the market in our lifetime. Quantum encryption is probably the only thing we'll be able to see out of this research...
The thing is that Quantum Computers will only be good for a niche market. They will be good at dealing with number crunching but pants for playing quake on! The "next generation" of computers will be those that are made with 3-D transistors (as opposed to our current pseudo-2D ones), probably followed by some new transistor design (possibly single electron transistors) Cheers Sam
Sorry, when I meant market, I meant the niche market for us scientist... I totally agree with you for the "next generation" computers, but you still cant forget about the other possibilities: Photonic Computers , Chemical computers and possibly some other form. Will this generation ever see these kinds of technologies? I can't say for sure, but I think they have a better chance of success than quantum computers (even if they're for two different markets).
