Scotty Is The Closest We Have Gotten To A Real Life Teleportation Machine

Every die-hard science fiction fan in the world has been mesmerized by the concept of teleportation or being able to vanish from one place and appear in a different place (as shown in the movies) without traveling the distance. Well, researchers from Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany, believe that they have been successful in developing the world's first teleporter. Named "Scotty" in sweet remembrance of the famous Star Trek's chief engineer Mr. Scott. In fact, whenever Captain Kirk wanted to transport back to the Starship he would use the words, "Beam me up, Scotty", which became a very popular phrase in the sci-fi fan circles.

Coming back to Scotty, here we have a Maker-bot Replicator machine that teleports physical objects across distance. Built using a 3D printer, a camera and a micro-controller for encryption/decryption and transmission, the Scotty teleporting machine lets you place an object into the sender unit, enter the address of a receiver unit, and press the teleport button. The sender unit will digitize the original object layer-by-layer, takes a photo using the built-in camera, encrypts the layer using the public key of the receiver, and transmits it. The receiving unit conducts decryption of the layer in real-time and starts printing it right away. Users are therefore able to see the object appear layer-by-layer on the receiver side as it disappears gradually on the sender side.

Those interested in the mechanics of it all and in reading about the application areas of this technology should check the official website of the university mentioned in the source below. Also, do check the following video to see the process in action -
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Source: <a href="https://hpi.de/baudisch/projects/scotty" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scotty</a>