Le Guin may have created the ansible as a convenient way for two way communication over long distances in the future, but every time I hear about quantum entanglement, I can’t help but think we are at the primitive, early stages of science fiction becoming reality.
Albert Einstein famously described quantum entanglement as “spooky action at distance”; however, up until now experiments that examine this peculiar aspect of physics have been limited to relatively small distances on Earth.
In a new study published today, 9 April, in the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society’s New Journal of Physics, researchers have proposed using the International Space Station (ISS) to test the limits of this “spooky action” and potentially help to develop the first global quantum communication network.
via ‘Spooky action at a distance’ aboard the International Space Station.
The first stage of making an ansible? http://t.co/unWm3vlrUd