In the film "Jumper," Hayden Christensen plays a superhero who can transport himself by wishing it so. The "I Dream of Jeannie"-like technique sounds a lot easier than Doc Brown's method of rigging up a time traveling DeLorean.
But how close is the film's teleporting to reality?
The New York Times reports on a recent panel of MIT physicists who broke down the science of teleporting. MIT's Edward Farhi said physicists have managed to teleport the quantum information of a photon for about one and a half miles, “a little less exotic than what you see in the movie.”
Although the science of time transport garners more scifi interest, physicists are focused on quantum computing and safeguarding teleported information.
Doug Liman, the film's director said he went to great lengths to make the teleportation jumps look authentic. He cued wind machines to fill the space left by the Jumper and sent papers in the empty room flying.
The film's Jumper robs banks without opening doors. And escapes falling through an icy pond by transporting himself into the stacks of a library. "Why settle in one place when you can have the whole world?" he asks.
The film, also starring Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane and Rachel Bilson opens on February 14th.
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