Braiding anyons and communication between topological and non-topological systems

Quasi-particles with non-Abelian statistics are intriguing in both fundamental and applied physics. Here we propose a ``proof of principle'' experimental setup for braiding anyons and observing non-Abelian statistics using nearest-neighbor spin interactions inspired by the Kitaev honeycomb model. We also show an explicit method for teleportation between the topological and non-topological systems.