I was reading a bit more about quantum entanglement, while thinking about my previous post and came across a quantum entanglement webpage that had this to say:

Q: Can we use entanglement for instantaneous communications?
No. Current theories suggest that the information passed between particles in an entangled system must remain a secret. However, experiments involving the decay of radioactive particles may hold promise for detecting when one half of an entangled pair has changed

But….the author also claims:

Unlike the static nature of the web pages presented here, quantum physics is ever changing. Physicists are confronted with problems that will take many iterations, many years, to solve. Scores of theories will be presented, some of them merely tweaking, while others radically alter, our perceptions of quantum nature.

I caught news that some folks have figured out a way to measure the quantum state of a particle, without affecting the quantum state. As I understand it, when one measures the quantum state of a particle, the act of measuring (or interacting) with the particle can change its quantum state. This would lead to unreliable measurements of a particle’s quantum state.

If these researchers have done what I think they have done, communication technologies should dramatically benefit. Consider the following:

1. Entangle two particles (A and B).
2. Put particle A into a device (device A) that changes its quantum states with variable frequency.
3. Allow the frequency to be controlled by a microphone, so that the rate of changing quantum states is controlled by someone’s voice.
4. Put particle B into a device (device B) that measures the changes in its quantum state, and amplifies those changes through a speaker.

This is similar to how a phone works, but the frequency is transmitted over wires and communication towers. What I think would be neat is that device A and B would be able to communicate at the speed of light, regardless of location, and without the need for a traditional service provider….you see, device A and B would communicate directly with each other!

Someone could be 1 mile underground in a Pennsylvania coal mine, and have a crystal-clear conversation with their friend in Australia, if they had such devices. In the same way, future astronauts in lunar orbit would be able to maintain communications even on the far side of the moon. The Mars Exploration Rovers would be able to communicate directly with operators on Earth without line-of-sight restrictions (or the need for orbiting relays).

Even better, the power consumption for long distance communications would be miniscule compared to the traditional RF transmissions. Consider the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which at the time of writing is 9,067,000,000 miles from Earth. Sensitive equipment on Earth is still able to receive communication signals from Voyager 1, even though they get weaker as the spacecraft distances itself from Earth. At some point in the future the Voyager 1 signal’s noise-to-signal ratio may be such that equipment on Earth won’t be able to “hear” the spacecraft. If Voyager 1 wanted to be “heard” it would have to “shout” louder, but the transmitter it has can only “shout” so loud.

If Voyager 1 had a particle entangled with one on Earth, then it could apply very little effort to change the quantum state of its on-board particle, and then we could measure the changes in our particle on Earth with no signal loss. No matter the distance, this type of communication would provide perfect reception.

Think about it.

Ric, guitarist for Scribblin’, is totally psyched about starting the filming for Esspaul. He has offered the use of his kitchen for the filming of the pilot, and is already thinking of some great dishes for Paul to prepare.

I’m hoping Mark will be able to help with scene composition and lighting. I will be handling editing and pre/post mastering, as well as performing as Chef Paul’s personal minstrel; following him about the kitchen singing and obnoxiously clapping coconuts. Actually, I’m just going to sing the intro/outro theme song. (BTW-Paul, we need to write an outro.) But for now, we’ll be working on a storyboard. With the final product, we’d like to post it on the internet, but may seek corporate sponsorship and an eventual television series contract.

I had some cool ideas for playing on stage. These are just the artistic renderings of those thoughts. You can click on all the images for a slightly larger image.

In this one, the lunch box will roll on stage and then open to reveal the band as they start to play. Note that the drummer is wearing a giant foam pickle. The other players might be a thermos and sandwich. I’m not sure yet. And yes, that is my sad attempt at duplicating a Lazer Tag lunchbox from the mid 1980’s. I should know. I owned one.

Here, I thought it would be fun to have a medieval theme because I love D&D-like games and stories. I really like this one and it would require some sort of control surface from the back, where a tech could activate any one of the following “states” to go along with the music:

• Night – brings up blue and purple lights, turns on the christmas lights in the rear, lights the moon, plays cricket sounds, and other things…
• Day – brings up bright lights, and…. um….plays daytime sounds? wind? gulls? hahahahaha! that’s hilarious. I have no idea….
• Siege – (during day or night) turn on fans behind tall grass to blow red/yellow/orange streamers up with backlighting and sound for a fire effect.

This marionette one is a favorite. I had a fun time thinking about it. Basically, all the lights are on the puppets in front with the band playing music in the background. A system for the players to control the puppets would be crazy….right? So I think you would need puppeteers to do that work for you. Cool.

If you like these, and by some chance use these ideas, please take some photos and let me see it! That would be awesome. Or, if I ever build one of these I’ll post pictures here. Deal?