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Matter transmission <span class="SFPTagline"> From SCIFIPEDIA </span> (Redirected from Matter Transmission)
 Matter transmission is the term given to the mechanical/electronic method of transporting objects and people from one location to another instantanously by some kind of machine. There are two main types (methods) of MT (matter transmission). The first is by recording and then breaking down (or destroying or converting to energy) the body or object in the transmission booth & then transmitting the information/converted body or object to a receiving station & then reconstructing or recreating the original body or object. In some uses of this method there is no visible or solid receiving station. The most common use of this is the Star Trek transporter. A very good story on the practical and relativistic methods of MT was written by author Larry Niven in the story (with the misnomer title of) "The Theory and Practice of Teleportation" published in the collection All The Myriad Ways. Matter transmission is sometimes confused with teleportation. A commonly seen misuse occurs in the shows Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis when the characters talk about being "teleported" when they use the Ring Transporters to move back and forth from starships to a planet surface or to travel around artifact sites. This travel is being accomplished by matter transmission, as it is done by machine. The other method of MT is the door/gate method where you walk through some kind of electronic screen in which there is no actual distance between the entrance electronic screen and the exit electronic screen. This method works somewhat like the actual Electron Tunneling effect in science. This is not to be confused with the stargates used in SG-1 and Atlantis as the user of these sees and feels time pass as they travel through the wormholes.
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