IN a dramatic technological breakthrough, an Australian-based research team has teleported a message-encoded laser beam -- bringing the science fiction fantasy of "beaming" humans from one place to another a step closer.

Although Star Trek-style planet hopping is way into the future, teleporting -- disassembling objects in one place while a perfect replica is created elsewhere -- promises to revolutionise computing and communications over the next decade.

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I wish i was born a few hundred years later, imagine what its gonna be like then.