of Leicester calculated that to "beam up" just the genetic information of a single human cell (not the positions of the atoms, just the gene sequences) together with a "brain state" would take 4,850 trillion years assuming a 30 gigahertz microwave bandwidth. A study by Eric Davis for the US Air Force Research Laboratory of speculative teleportation technologies showed that to dematerialize a human body by heating it up to a million times the temperature of the core of the sun so that the quarks lose their binding energy and become massless and can be beamed at the speed of light in the closest physics equivalent to the Star Trek teleportation scenario would require the equivalent of 330 megatons of energy. To meet the information storage and transmission requirements would require current computing capabilities to continue to improve by a factor of 10 to 100 times per decade for 200 to 300 years. See also Replicator Technology in Star Trek Personal identity, relating to philosophical discussions of transporting a person References Further reading External links The Duplicates Paradox "Transporters, Replicators and Phasing FAQ" by Joshua Bell StarTrek.com: transporter psychosis Teleportation method proposed by Australian scientists Star Trek devices Fiction about transport Teleportation in fiction de:Star-Trek-Technologie#Transporter