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Letter: Beam me up, Scotty

Published 18 May 2011

From Perry Bebbington

Does the end of the uncertainty principle (30 April, p 28) mean that we can look forward to a real-life Star Trek transporter being built soon, now the Heisenberg compensators are no longer needed?

Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, UK

Issue no. 2813 published 21 May 2011

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