I am going to make a prediction. A 3D holographic quantum dot array (possibly one created by something like a Glowforge Nano) will be the enabling technology for replicators via its use as a pattern buffer. In an earlier post from the “To boldly go…” topic, I wrote and @pomwah summarized:
An apple would be destructively scanned with a laser and its info transferred to this buffer. Unlike other storage devices, it would capture all of the captured entangled state info between the particles because of the holographic interconnection of the quantum dots. Here the info would be transferred to awaiting placeholder atoms via an atom laser and the entangled data in the buffer. The stored data could make a new apple copy in the future without destroying a new apple. I will elaborate in the “To boldly go…” post. There is a new potentially revolutionary paper claiming to have unified quantum entanglement (EPR) physics with the physics of a black hole (ER physics). It claims ER=EPR (meaning quantum entanglement and black holes are different scale manifestations of the same physics.