Archive for the ‘cryonics’ category: Page 24
Dec 15, 2017
Bioquark Inc. — Health Secrets Made Simple Podcast
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, biological, biotech/medical, cryonics, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, science, transhumanism
Dec 15, 2017
Bioquark Inc. — The Longevity and Biohacking Show
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, biological, business, cryonics, genetics, health, life extension, posthumanism, science, transhumanism
Dec 15, 2017
Bioquark Inc. — Health Professional Radio
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, business, cryonics, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, science, transhumanism
Dec 15, 2017
Bioquark Inc. — The Inner Game Of Aging Podcast
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, cryonics, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, science, transhumanism
Dec 15, 2017
Bioquark Inc. — Happy and Healthy Over 40 Podcast
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, biotech/medical, cryonics, disruptive technology, health, life extension, posthumanism, transhumanism
Dec 1, 2017
Can These New Advancements in Cryonics Revive Our Bodies After Freezing?
Posted by Brady Hartman in categories: biotech/medical, cryonics, life extension, Ray Kurzweil
Summary: Cryonics has long been a non-starter due to technical limitations. A week-old radical proposal by a Russian cryonics firm to freeze people before death, combined with technological advances in Cryopreservation: Also called cryobanking. The process of cooling and storing cells, tissues, or organs at very low or freezing temperatures to save them for future use. Used in cryonics and the storage of reproductive cells in fertility treatments. [Source – NCI].” class=” glossaryLink “cryopreservation are shaking up the cryonics industry. When will cryonics be ready for prime time? [Author: Brady Hartman. This article first appeared on LongevityFacts.com. Follow us on Reddit | Google+ | Facebook. ]
Google’s most famous technologist, Ray Kurzweil, has signed up for cryonics, saying:
“My primary strategy for living through the 21st century and beyond is not to die”
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Dec 1, 2017
Company Offers to Freeze Your Body Before Death
Posted by Brady Hartman in categories: biotech/medical, bitcoin, cryonics, cryptocurrencies, law, life extension
Summary: Cryonics firm CryoGen makes a radical new proposal to freeze people before death, known as ‘mercy freezing.’ Customers will pay for the Cryopreservation: Also called cryobanking. The process of cooling and storing cells, tissues, or organs at very low or freezing temperatures to save them for future use. Used in cryonics and the storage of reproductive cells in fertility treatments. [Source – NCI].” class=” glossaryLink “cryopreservation using a new blockchain based cryptocurrency called the CRYO. [This article first appeared on LongevityFacts.com. Author: Brady Hartman. Follow us on Reddit | Google+ | Facebook. ]
Cryonics is legally allowed only after death, and during this time the body starts to decay. Cryopreservation should ideally be performed within a few minutes of the patient’s demise. This happens less than half the time for current cryonics clients, and their tissues start turning to mush before freezing.
A Russian-Swiss company named CryoGen plans to solve that problem by freezing people before death, calling it ‘mercy freezing.’ CryoGen is building a cryonics lab in Switzerland, a country where euthanasia is legal. According to a white paper on CryoGen’s website.
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Nov 8, 2017
Head freezing and space funerals
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: cryonics, life extension, space
Humans have always hoped for life after death. The difference is that now our desire is becoming more achievable due to huge advances in science.
Cryogenics tanks for storing frozen bodies.
In the past, Egyptian slaves were executed to accompany their dead Pharaoh into the afterlife. Now, thousands of years later, an equally bizarre after death procedure is being carried out and all for the price of £5,000 for 250 years.
Oct 24, 2017
Cryonics: Putting Death on Ice
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: cryonics, economics, ethics, life extension, neuroscience
Robert C. W. Ettinger’s seminal work, The Prospect Of Immortality, detailed many of the scientific, moral, and economic implications of cryogenically freezing humans for later reanimation. It was after that book was published in 1962 that the idea of freezing one’s body after death began to take hold.
One of the most pressing questions is, even if we’re able to revive a person who has been cryogenically preserved, will the person’s memories and personality remain intact? Ettinger posits that long-term memory is stored in the brain as a long-lasting structural modification. Basically, those memories will remain, even if the brain’s “power is turned off”.
This infographic delves into the mechanics and feasibility of cryonics – a process that thousands of people are betting will give them a second shot at life.
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