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We all know that superheroes like Superman or Thor are completely impossible. But just for the sake of argument, are there any superpowers that could actually exist in the real world? We assembled a panel of experts to find out. More »
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A team of scientists in China have transmitted quantum information between protons 10 miles apart without the use of a traditional signal or network. More »
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Fans of surreal mysteries like Lost and The Prisoner would do well to check out Sin Titulo, Cameron Stewart's creepy noir comic involving malevolent nursing home employees, teleportation, and people psychically connected through a vision of a dead tree. More »
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With Jumper opening today and everyone abuzz about teleportation, it seemed like the perfect time to remind everyone of another movie about teleportation: Tron. The device that zaps Jeff Bridges into the video-game world is actually built to teleport matter from one place to another. Learn the secret history of Tron, after the jump. More »
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This weekend pits the teleporting deadpannisms of Hayden Christensen in the movie Jumper vs. Val Kilmer's monotone as KITT in Sunday's Knight Rider TV movie. So which one will be less sucky? We've already weighed in with our Jumper review, and we've given you a look at some clips from Knight Rider. Will you be watching both, one or the other, or neither? Sound off in the poll below. More »
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I know how much all of you wanted to believe that the teleportation effects in Jumper were based on real science, but it turns out tragically not to be true. Popular Mechanics has roped an actual physicist, Dr. Max Tegmark of MIT, into explaining the difference between what Hayden Christensen and Jamie Bell do in Jumper, and what would happen in the real world. More »
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A current exhibition in London gives you the feeling of stepping into a teleportation beam. Artist and film-maker Anthony McCall fills a room with dry ice, then two projectors beam a Quicktime video of moving cones of light into the haze. Thanks to the artificial smoke, the cones appear solid and it looks as though your body is becoming transparent as you step through them. The installation, at the Serpentine Gallery in London through Feb. 3, is a follow-up to McCall's famous 1973 project Light Describing A Cone. Click through for bigger image. [This Is London] More »
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