Quantum entanglement as practical method of superluminal communication As I understand it (from a lay physics perspective), quantum entanglement has been experimentally demonstrated - it is a reality. As I understand it, you can measure something like the spin of an electron and know that its entangled pair will, in that same instant, no matter where in the universe it is, have the opposite spin. 
This would not seem to have any utility as the foundation of a superluminal communications device. Is this true, or has it been established that is there some aspect of quantum entanglement that can ultimately lead to the development of such a device.
In other words: is superluminal communication via quantum entanglement an open scientific question, has it been settled as an impossibility, or is it currently more of an engineering problem than a scientific one?
 A: To rephrase Danu answer, you can not use the correlation of these entangled particles before you have exchanged some information with another (subluminal) device.
The main problem comes from the fact that the outcome of a measurement is random, so there is no way to agree beforehand on how to interpret a measurement done by one of the party involved in this superluminal communication. 
A: This 'spooky action at a distance' will not and can not lead to communications technologies. The point is that the correlation between the two states cannot be used for information transmission. The two observers can influence each others' observations, but they can never communicate their own observations to the other superluminally, and thus will have no way of checking who influenced who (before waiting for subluminal information transmission devices), rendering the correlation between the states useless for all communications purposes.
A: I am not sure whether you are still interested in this, since the post is made 7 years ago. I agree on what Danu and Adam have said.
However, recently, while working on the explanation of the results of the delayed choice quantum eraser (DCQE) experiment, with a small tweak on the experiment, superluminal communication seems to be possible (if all of my math is correct).
I have written a "paper" and a website (https://stevenleeww.github.io/Faster-than-light/) about this. Maybe you can check it out when you have time. Maybe you can help me to verify that this is possible or find out the error in my analysis :)
