Comments on: ‘Ghost’ Photos through Quantum Physics

By: Tom Marcinko

Tom Marcinko — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:34:33 +0000

Again, all I can say for sure is that the Air Force has made the claim.

That said, maybe somebody who knows more about this than me can comment on the notion that it’s necessary (or even possible) to pick a particular photon out of the crowd for this tech to work.

By: Deus ex Machina

Deus ex Machina — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:39:07 +0000

Complete rubbish. We don’t have the technology to actually be able to figure out the particular connected photons that are required for this. If each photon is connected to the other, how can you tell which is which?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:02:15 +0000

Jeffrey Bub, of Stanford, wrote: “Formally, the amount of classical information we gain, on average, when we learn the value of a random variable (or, equivalently, the amount of uncertainty in the value of a random variable before we learn its value) is represented by a quantity called the Shannon entropy, measured in bits (Shannon and Weaver, 1949). A random variable is defined by a probability distribution over a set of values. In the case of a binary random variable, with equal probability for each of the two possibilities, the Shannon entropy is 1 bit, representing maximal uncertainty. For all other probabilities � intuitively, representing some information about which alternative is more likely � the Shannon entropy is less than 1. For the case of maximal knowledge or zero uncertainty about the alternatives, where the probabilities are 0 and 1, the Shannon entropy is zero. (Note that the term �bit� is used to refer to the basic unit of classical information in terms of Shannon entropy, and to an elementary two-state classical system considered as representing the possible outputs of an elementary classical information source.)”

By: ATOzTOA

ATOzTOA — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:05:46 +0000

Quantum Teleportation was my Degree Seminar Topic. I had studied a lot about Quantum Entanglement then.

But, upto my knowledge, this is unbelievable.

The theory is that, there is a pair of electrons which are entangled together at creation. Both particles share properties, even if they are at a distance. The camera captures each of the photons of the pair. One photon hits the object and the other photon in the pair having similar properties hits the camera. It is Quantum Physics

_ATOzTOA
http://atoztoa.blogspot.com

By: Tom Marcinko

Tom Marcinko — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:44:22 +0000

Interesting that this post has inspired so much controversy. At the very least, I would say that if researchers from respected academic institutions, funded by U.S. taxpayers and publishing in a peer-reviewed journal, are making this claim, that in and of itself is newsworthy. If this claim isn’t true, like bogus missile-defense tests, then I want my money back.