Practical applications for teleportation became his obsession, and he eventually attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in which Isaac Kleiner became his mentor. While visiting the University of Innsbruck in the late 1990s, Freeman observed a series of seminal teleportation experiments conducted by the Institute for Experimental Physics. At age 6, he even constructed a butane-powered tennis ball cannon. His earliest heroes were Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman. Relationships/Otherstuff/Behind the Scenes (Breen)Ī native of Seattle, Washington, Freeman showed great interest and aptitude in the areas of quantum physics and relativity at a young age.Alyx’s Relationship with Gordon/The rest of the stuff.Gordon’s Relationships/Personality&Skills/Behind the Scenes.