Nearly three years ago TechDirt wrote about <strong>breakthroughs in atomic entanglement</strong> that could lead to advancements in quantum computing and teleportation. It seems that much of that research has continued as two separate groups of researchers have now used entanglement to <strong>successfully teleport the quantum state of an atom</strong> . As the article points out, the fact that two separate research groups came up with similar results (using slightly different methods) is particularly promising. It is amusing, though, to note that just about every article discussing atomic teleportation feels the need to explain that this is nothing like Star Trek style teleportation.