Don't get too excited guys. Teleportation by this method simply doesn't work - the quantum uncertaintly principle means that you can never know the position and momentum of a particle simultaneously, therefore you cannot know where it is to teleport it somewhere else. This is a fundamental law of the universe and can't be "got around", changed, or denied. Teleportation is an absolute impossibility. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. The laws of physics themselves prove them wrong.
All these scientists did was to instantaneously transfer a photon from one place to another, one out of a trillion trillion trillion they fired at their equipment (probably by using some kind of LPR setup). This could mean a revolution in quantum computing and secure, instantaneous communication (uncrackable even by the smartest). Its not as fast as lightning - its *faster*.
However, real teleportation itself, if it comes, will probably be a phenomenon of bending space or creating wormholes. That means you won't be taken apart into energy - which is a stupid idea anyway because of the enormous practical difficulties and ethical implications.
Star Trek has a lot to answer for. You all watch it for 7 of 9. Come on, admit it! ;-)
