Transvision 2007 - Chicago, June 23rd - 26th
Ralph Merkle, Ph.D.
Nanotechnologist
Executive Director, Alcor Life Extension Foundation
http://www.alcor.org/
http://www.zyvex.com/nano/
http://www.merkle.com/
Medicine has made major advances over the past century, and is poised to advance even more rapidly in the coming decades. Indeed, before the coming medical revolution has run its course we should all enjoy much longer and much healthier life spans.
There is, of course, one annoying question: will we still be around to benefit from all these advances? Schedules tend to slip, research take longer than expected, perhaps the deadline (so to speak) will pass us by.
This is where cryonics enters the picture. Tissue stored at the temperature of liquid nitrogen remains unchanged for thousands of years, letting those alive today reap the benefits of future medical technology -- a technology which should be able to restore health even to those cryopreserved using today's technology.
