Teleportation

Does it sound stupid that I really wish this existed?  I mean come on the 'missing you blues' would no longer exist and suddenly you could just pop in on people that you haven't seen in forever with the help of a machine.
It sounds so scientific I wonder if this is actually possible.  So, I did a little perusing on the internet and this is what I found out about teleportation.
" Teleportation involves dematerializing an object at one point, and sending the details of that object's precise atomic configuration to another location, where it will be reconstructed. What this means is that time and space could be eliminated from travel -- we could be transported to any location instantly, without actually crossing a physical distance.   It was then that physicist Charles Bennett and a team of researchers at IBM confirmed that quantum teleportation was possible, but only if the original object being teleported was destroyed." 
The article goes on to say that they have been successful in the transportation of protons.  Come on though we all are dying to know when humans will be able to use this ever so helpful device.  Or maybe is it safe for us to use?  Well all I know is that since Star Trek I think everyone has been waiting for this to pop on the shelves of your local walmart.  Teleport anywhere you want for  5 easy payments of  5999.99, but thats not all we will throw in a Captin Spock costume so you can look the part of a treckie as you teleport all over the world.
Hmm so maybe we are well on our way to seeing teleportation.  I know one thing is for sure...it will make travel a whole heck of a lot easier.  I mean just think about all the things that you hate about traveling now.  Those are all gone.  How absolutely great does that sound?!

 Peace, grace, & love,
Allie


Bonsor, Kevin.  "How Teleportation Will Work"  25 October 2000.  HowStuffWorks.com. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/teleportation.htm>  26 January 2011.