The way it has been written, the transporter is a suicide box. ... “In the Star Trek universe, people are seen using the transporter on a routine basis, which suggests that however this concept is implemented on the Enterprise, it clearly does NOT involve killing the person.

Are Star Trek transporters possible?

First, this technology, as used in the shows and movies, seems to have no difficulty in beaming the particles through all kinds of thick, dense materials on their way from the starship to distant locations. This is highly unlikely to be possible in reality.

Can the transporter clone people?

A transporter duplicate or transporter clone resulted when a transporter accident created two copies of the same person or object. Refraction or reflection of the transporter beam was usually to blame for such duplication.