Yes the original is destroyed. If I remember the basic principal correctly, it is something like this:
You take 2 sets of quantumly entangled particles. Put one set at the "sender" and the other set at the "receiver". Each of the particles at the receiver is attached to a bunch of spare particles (think of it as spare parts
). Now someone, we'll call him Aaron
, comes up and steps into the sender. One of the entangled particles is attached to each of his particles. Now each of his particles is manipulate (its spin and velocity are changed--I think it is changed to mimic the spare particle over at the receiver). This causes the particle attached to it to change in some predictable manner. This causes its entangled particle over at the receiver to change predictably (I think exactly the opposite of the entangled particle at the sender). This causes the "spare particle" attached to it to undergo the opposite change as Aaron's particle, thus ending up as a duplicate of Aaron's particle. Then you just unattach the particles and send the new Aaron on his way. Take the old mangled Aaron and throw him in the spare parts bin for when someone wants to come back.
Anyways...I remember reading a book where the transporter technology made a copy of you instead of destroying you. If I remember it correctly, they used it as either a punishment for crimes or maybe it was how you earned a living...I can't remember. But basically they would ship these transporter-receivers off on colony ships to far away planets while everyone stayed at home on earth. Then people would have to goto the transporter and then step off and go about their business. But a copy of them would appear at the receiver on the crappy hellish colony world where they would work as slaves. Quite interesting. I haven't thought of that book in over 10 years. I wish I remember what it was.
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Originally posted by Jmenschenfresser:
The actual workings of it aren't really a transporter are they? Or am I functionally illiterate?
They destroy you on one end, and then recreate you on the other end, but not using the same matter.
If so, couldn't you make copies of yourself?
Like a print screen.
Number of Copies: 5
At: 150% of original.
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