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mr beer · 01-21-2018, 03:59 PM

I read a novel by Charles Stross in which he used quantum entanglement devices for FTL communication.

They had limited capacity (measured in bits, each entangled particle being one bit), the bits were not reusable and you had to physical separate the paired devices at STL travel speeds. Oh and they were probably grotesquely expensive but I don't remember.

So they were rare, communication capacity was limited and you had to get the device to a given destination in order to use it.

Apparently it's not a workable method anyway but seems like it would allow limited FTL communication in a sci-fi setting.

01-21-2018, 03:59 PM	#88
mr beer Join Date: Mar 2013	Re: New Sci Fi Setting Seeds I read a novel by Charles Stross in which he used quantum entanglement devices for FTL communication. They had limited capacity (measured in bits, each entangled particle being one bit), the bits were not reusable and you had to physical separate the paired devices at STL travel speeds. Oh and they were probably grotesquely expensive but I don't remember. So they were rare, communication capacity was limited and you had to get the device to a given destination in order to use it. Apparently it's not a workable method anyway but seems like it would allow limited FTL communication in a sci-fi setting.