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quantum-teleportation

The chapter centers on using a quantum computing experiment to open a portal through which the robot is sent, demonstrating a form of teleportation or interdimensional travel.

1 chapter across 1 book

Hominids (2002)Robert J. Sawyer

Chapter 52

In this chapter, Adikor, Dern, and Jasmel attempt to remotely operate a damaged mining robot through a mysterious portal linked to a quantum experiment. The robot disappears through the portal, revealing a vast, alien environment inhabited by strange, deformed beings, confirming the existence of another world and the fate of Jasmel's father. The chapter explores the physical and psychological challenges of interdimensional exploration and the eerie encounter with an unknown species.