The Potential for Quantum Teleportation

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A quantum internet could transmit information in quantum states rather than the zeros and ones of classical computers. That could connect quantum computers together to create an ultra-secure, ultra-powerful communication system. But Zilinga says the potential for this quantum teleportation doesn't stop at building a new internet. Do you ever see this happening on a larger scale? A larger scale object? For larger objects, I suppose that for molecules, etc, this can be done. If you ask about really big objects, a mobile, for example, for a virus, then this is a big challenge and I think it will happen someday, but nobody knows when.

In the final episode of this Tech Tonic series, we hear how radical quantum ideas are reshaping our fundamental understanding of the universe. Nobel Prize winner Anton Zeilinger tells the FT’s Madhumita Murgia about the future of teleportation and the quantum internet; quantum computing pioneer David Deutsch makes the case for the theory that we live in a multiverse; and FT innovation editor John Thornhill speaks to physicist Carlo Rovelli about relational quantum mechanics.

Presented by Madhumita Murgia and John Thornhill, produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon and Edwin Lane. Executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Original music by Metaphor Music. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.

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