Will there ever come a time when actual people, rather than just the particles of which they are made up, will be able to beam from one place to another?

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According to Technology Review, the company's so-called "rural connectivity platform" (or RCP) is able to beam WiFi signals from one antenna to another located more than 60 miles away, and at data rates up to 6.5 megabits per second, no less.

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But astronomers have not yet been able to actually detect this signature beam from IGR J10014-6103.

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It would be nice to be able to do the same thing with a beam of atoms.

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LaserMotive uses special cells made with arsenic and gallium, which are better able to capture the near-infra-red wavelengths of its laser beam.

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