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The super-fast future of computing

From the article:

One of the scientists who helped pioneer Star Trek-style teleporting in a ground-breaking experiment says he hopes we will see a ultra-fast quantum computer in action by 2035.

"The Moore's Law for computer technology states that in every 18 months, there will be a doubling of computer memory, speed and other performances," Dr Ping Koy Lam explained to BBC News Online.

"In a few years' time, this law will have to confront quantum theory when transistors are shrunk to the size of a few atoms."

This article mentions: "Teleportation between atoms could someday lie at the heart of powerful quantum computers, which are probably at least a decade away from development." It also says: "Basically, researchers can use lab techniques to create a weird relationship between pairs of tiny particles. After that, the fate of one particle instantly affects the other; if one particle is made to take on a certain set of properties, the other immediately takes on identical or opposite properties, no matter how far away it is and without any apparent physical connection to the first particle." This sounds like an excellent communication technique for interstellar distances.