Robotricks - robots, artificial intelligence and the future | Charlie Caper | TEDxStockholm
Charlie, the showman, claims he has engineered a working prototype for teleportation, arguing that swapping two objects is thermodynamically easier than teleporting one object to another. He demonstrates this by setting up two teleportation tubes, which can move objects, and promises the technology could one day be used for fast, low-carbon human transportation, despite ongoing technical issues like missing liquids. ## Speakers & Context - **Charlie:** The main speaker, who started as a street performer in Covent Garden, now focuses on building "little technological marvels." - **Ted:** Charlie's "sidekick" or assistant. ## Theses & Positions - Teleportation, specifically swapping two objects, is scientifically easier than teleporting one object from Point A to Point B. - The technology, while currently "very prototypical," can eventually serve as a very fast, low-carbon mode of human transportation. - The system is designed to handle luggage loss by automatically teleporting the luggage back to the owner. ## Mechanisms & Processes - **Teleportation mechanics:** The core breakthrough involves recognizing that swapping two objects is easier than single-point teleportation, linking this to the conservation of energy and the second law of thermodynamics. - **Demonstration:** The setup involves two visible "teleportation tubes," one of which was conspicuously described as the source of an unexplained "extra bottle." - **Luggage recovery:** If luggage is lost during the process, it is programmed to "teleport back to you." ## Tools, Tech & Products - **Teleportation tubes:** Two visible prototype devices used for the demonstration. - **"Little bowtie":** An item gifted to the audience, which purportedly "looks like me." ## Numbers & Data - Time spent learning the act/skill: **33 years**. - Promised time commitment for the audience: **about ten minutes**. ## Examples & Cases - **Street performance start:** Worked as a street performer in Covent Garden and globally for nearly a decade, making a living from money put in a hat. - **Current focus:** Obsessed with building "little technological marvels." - **Demonstrated capability:** Successfully running a swap demonstration between two teleportation tubes. - **Luggage scenario:** If luggage is lost during transport, it "gets teleported back to you." ## Verbatim Moments - *"Charlie that's enough talk do something"* - *"what you're about to see have taken me and 33 years to learn it"* - *"I've started experimenting with the concept of teleportation and I've made a couple of breakthroughs"* - *"it's much easier to make two things change places than two to make one thing teleport to another place"* - *"it's got something to do with conservation of energy and the second law of thermodynamics"* - *"it's pretty simple gets teleported back to you"* - *"This is not some kind of very Bob okay"*