Who Invented the teleporter?

Answer 1

Well I was going to say that The Great Bird of the Galaxy Gene Roddenberry himself created it as a means to move the story along quickly. He knew that if he had to spend time moving his characters up and down from ship to planet in a shuttle, it would slow down the pace of the episode. So he invented the transporter so that he could quickly get the characters involved in action before the first commercial break, and before the viewers became bored and switched channels to see what else was on.

However now that I think about it, I realize that STAR TREK was the first to use it on a regular basis, but Gene Roddenberry did not invent it.

The first use of it I can find was by Ralph Milne Farley in THE RADIO MAN in 1924, then Norman Matson's DOCTOR FOGG in 1929. Alfred Bester's story THE STARS MY DESTINATION in 1956 talks about how transporters transformed a society. Then of course came George Langelaan's THE FLY in 1957 and Gordon R Dickson's TIME TO TELEPORT in 1960

Since then it has been in a ton of sci-fi books and movies, and is pretty much a part of sci-fi as space ships and aliens are.

other than that, you know it really doesn't exist right?

Answer 2

No one, although rumor has it Einstein was close. He could get it to leave but it came back all screwed up.

Another Rumor was they they actually teleported a human and the human came back insane.

Answer 3

Charles Fort

Answer 4

Hughes electronics1 They created a method to attach ionized water molecules to the photons in a laser beam to be aimed at a ship in orbit. But it requires a lot of electrical power and has limited applications except in emergency situations only!

Answer 5

Spock

Answer 6

When somebody does invent one I'll be first in line to buy it

Answer 7

teleporter also known as the porta-potty

Answer 8

Mr. Spock.

Answer 9

Jeff golblume in "The Fly"

Answer 10

al gore