Will this theory work?

Question

Okay the last time I asked this noone got it. Me and my friend think that we can put a real world object into a state that it can be moved electronically and put back into the real world. We start by scanning the object so that we have an exact model of it inside the computer. We were thinking about using an MRI but if you guys have a better idea please tell me. Then we turn the original object into energy for convienent storage. We were thinking about using lasers but please tell me if you have a better idea. Once the object is sent it is "Printed" out as an exact copy of the original item. Any one have any ideas on how to turn energy into an object that can be seen or held. Keep in mind we still have the original energy from the object. Do you think that this will work, and if you don't, do you have any suggestions on how it could be revised. And this is not a 3D print, I want to recreate the exact same object.

Answer 1

Well as far as I know they are still mapping out all the dna that the human has. (very similar to a mouse)

You might try starting out with something more simple. like an amoeba. Or try two amoeba's.
But they like to join up so you might have trouble proving yours is not the one that split.

good luck

stef

Answer 2

You can't just turn matter into energy willy nilly. It's not good for the environment. What you could do in theory is scan an object's atoms' positions to the highest precision you could, which would create one freakin' huge data file. Then you could send the file and if you had appropriate hardware on the other end, try to make an accurate representation of it. It wouldn't be a perfect representation because of quantum mechanics, though.

You could record and send the quantum states, but doing so would destroy the original object. So you can transport an object, and you could set up some sort of retention loop to store the object, but you can't make an exact, to-the-atom perfect copy without destroying the original.

Answer 3

You need computers that can scan and record quadrillions of bytes of data. You need to be able to scan and record the position and energy level of each proton, neutron, and electron in every atom of the item close to instantaneously. Since measuring the states of these particles changes their states, you need to compensate for the changes you bring about by measuring.

You need an energy source (possibly as powerful as a star) and the ability to "generate" exactly specific particles and proportions.

You need to understand that after vaporizing your buddy "Tim", the thing that reappears in the next teleportation booth over IS NOT your friend, but a "copy" of him on a molecular level. Vaporizing TIm Killed Him, and no amount of computer data can replace his living soul.

You need to know that the margin for error is EXACTLY zero, even a misalignment of a molecule or two could kill the copy.

Put the weed away. Put down the Michael Crichton books, and stop watching Star Trek reruns.

Answer 4

The sheer amount of energy that would be derived from the original object, nearly regardless of it's mass (energy = mass * speed of light ^2 after all; an average human possesses 6.48 × 10^18 Joules of energy), would be beyond our ability to store.

As well, how do you plan on transmuting mass into energy, and then energy into mass? Or producing an exact replica?

Answer 5

It sounds like you're trying to make a transporter of sorts, which is something I heard has been in the works with engineers of communications companies, of all places.
I think at this point in technology this is still very much magic. And worse still, I think that until society reforms into such a state that we know we aren't going to be killing ourselves with war or by destroying the environment, I don't think we have the right to be changing matter in such an unnatural and probably very unstable way, even if someone could think of it.
But I like the question, because it's very idealistic.

Answer 6

When you scan you will not be able to go down to the molecular level. 12 grams of carbon has 6 X 10 ^ 23 number of atoms. You would need a computer that would be able to keep track of 10000 that number of atoms. They would have to have three co-ordinates accurate to withing .0000001 mm. on an x, y and z plane.
according to e=mc^2, when you turn the body in to energy it would release the energy of an atomic bomb.
You are going to have to keep this amount of energy contained in something probably the size of a cat-scan.
We are way too primitive to do this. Not in our life time.

Answer 7

We do not have anything close to the technology to accomplish what you describe. Scientists have only been able to convert matter into energy in terms of fission or fusion, and the only matter that can be produced from energy consists of a few atoms or subatomic particles.

Remember that E=mc^2. Since c is a huge number, it's clear that it takes a huge amount of energy to create even a tiny amount of mass.

Answer 8

Energy is non-specific in nature so the fact that you have converted mass to energy doesn't mean that the same mass can be recreated from that energy. Converting energy to any specific mass is tricky in any case. Good luck.

Answer 9

Actullay this idea is not bad, but molecularisation and demaolecularitoion of qbjects are still under testing stages only 90%
suceess have been achived till now

Answer 10

First of all, how can you turn a solid object into energy you can store somewhere? And no, I don't think it will work, sorry though.