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A cryonics service provider in San Leandro, California.
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Cryonics TRANS TIME, Inc. Home Page Cryonic Suspension Service Provider Cryonics is the science of placing humans and animals into a low-temperature, biologically unchanging state, immediately after clinical death, with the expectation that advances in medical technology may eventually enable full restoration to life and health. TRANS TIME is a...Cryonic suspension services & information. Much of the text is also available in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese by clicking on the appropriate button. This organization was founded by Robert Ettinger, the "father" of cryonics.
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Cryonics Institute: Cryonic Suspension Services Institute offers cryonic suspension services and information. As soon as possible after legal death, a member patient is prepared and cooled to a temperature where physical decay essentially stops, and is then maintained indefinitely in cryostasis. When and if future...A new organization in New Zealand.
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New Zealand Cryonics* Society Science and technology of cryonic suspension. The Case for Cryonics. The central idea of cryonics is simple if sufficient biological structure in dying patients can be preserved at low temperature today ,then recovery and healing by future medical technology is..."Cryonics, Cryptography, and Maximum Likelihood Estimation," a paper by Ralph Merkle, Ph.D.
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Cryonics and Cryptography This paper was published in the Proceedings of the First Extropy Institute Conference, held at Sunnyvale, California in 1994. Some changes have been made to this version. A more general overview of the technical feasibility of cryonics is available at...An extensive list of links to cryonics articles and to European sites related to cryonics.
http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Individual/Cryonics/
An Interim site describing the resources of Cryonicists in Australia and listing other related sites.
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Cryonics Association Australia Australia offers support for Australian residents having suspension arrangements, or planning to make such arrangements, with any of the major American cryonics organisations and seeks to promote the concept generally in Australia. What Is Cryonics? Cryonics is the practice of...Primarily dealing with technical issues in cryonics.
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BEN BEST CRYONICS TOPIC INDEX I currently hold several formal cryonics positions: President of the Cryonics Institute, Secretary/Treasurer of the Cryonics Society of Canada and President of the Institute For Neural Cryobiology. I have contributed to the CryoNet discussion group, but am not doing this...A fascinating medical essay about the history of attempts to revive people who appear dead and the relationship of these ideas to cryonics. By Steven B. Harris, M.D.
http://www.skeptic.com/01.2.harris-dead.html
A non-profit organization with the purpose of promoting "the worldwide conquest of death and the continuation and enhancement of life through technological means, including cryonic suspension." Does not offer cryonics services. In Scottsdale, AZ.
http://www.venturist.org
The DCSG consists primarily of Danish members of the Cryonics Institute (CI) and those interested in becoming members of a suspension organization. The site is in both English and Danish.
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Danish Cryonics Support Group Cryonics has been defined as the technology for freezing a person after a terminal illness or a fatal accident, in the hope that medical science will be able to revive that person in the future, when life extension and anti-aging...For education and to organize cryonics in Canada. Does not provide cryonics services.
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Cryonics Society of Canada Home Page Canadians about cryonics and cryonics in Canada. Tomorrow's Technology Of Life Extension Today This document is written and distributed by the Cryonics Society of Canada for the purpose of educating Canadians and others about cryonics and about cryonics in Canada....The truth (no, he wasn't) with the legends behind the myth.
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Urban Legends Reference Pages: Disney (Suspended Animation) Disney arranged to have himself frozen in cryonic chamber full of liquid nitrogen upon his death, and he now awaits the day when medical technology makes his re-animation possible. Status nbsp False. Origins nbsp When the frozen Disney rumor was...A far-seeing but technical paper by James J. Hughes, prepared for the Second International Symposium on Brain Death. Date unclear, but 1996 or later. Includes discussion of cryonics and nanotechnology.
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Brain Death and Technological Change The death at issue in the brain death debate is not an empiric reality, but a social category, social death. It is a question of which bodies we are comfortable using and disposing of in certain ways, and not comfortable...Ralph Merkle's cryonics introduction. Short but requires some knowledge of cryonics already.
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Cryonics Links to further information Overview The purpose of cryonics is to save lives and restore health. Today's medical technology can't always keep us alive, let alone healthy. A future medical technology based on a mature nanotechnology should be able to...CryoCare Foundation offers cryonics services. The site includes a good explanation of cryonics, with a large library of articles.
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CryoCare Autoforward Page This page will forward automatically to the CryoCare main page....A series of technical papers on cryopreservation research.
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CryoCare Autoforward Page This page will forward automatically to the old BPI main page....A slim, but interesting perspective piece on cryonics by Mark Prado, an American living in Thailand.
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Cryonics, by Mark Prado Cryonics be frozen in the hope that future technology and people will bring you back to life. A few companies are already offering the service. They freeze you slowly, eventually storing you in liquid nitrogen inside a stainless steel canister....An thoughtful article by Thomas Gramstad which examines the social implications of preserving aborted embryos. From Longevity Report.
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~thomas/po/cryobortion.html
Wired News article by Michelle Delio, based on an interview with Heather Pringle, author of the new book: "The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Dead".
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Wired News: Cryonics Over Dead Geeks Bodies News has been unable to confirm some sources for a number of stories written by this author. If you have any information about sources cited in this article, please send an e-mail to sourceinfo[AT]wired.com. Many geeks will survive death and...A cryonics public education organization in the Maryland/D.C. area. Not a service provider.
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Life Extension Society These pages are designed to be compatible with all browsers. The mission of the Life Extension Society (LES) is to support research and public education in human life extension. LES published the Life Extension Society News and sponsors speakers and...The oldest Cryonics membership organization; founded in 1969 as the Bay Area Cryonics Society. In Mountain View CA. Offers background information, articles and theories.
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americancryonics.org ...A new discussion forum on cryonics, attempting to focus on science issues. Also some links to basic information.
http://cryonics.info
Free news, updates, and links about the latest scientific, medical, health, anti-aging, and social developments relevant to CI's goal of saving, preserving, and extending human lives.
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Yahoo! Groups long_life Life is the electronic science, health, and news e-newsletter of the Cryonics Institute. Home Messages Members Only Files Photos Links Database Polls Calendar Promote Info Settings Group InformationMembers: 414 Category: Current Events Founded: May 25, 2000 Language: English Already a...Site for Belgian people with an interest in cryonics. Content appears to be totally in Dutch (Nederlands).
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cryonics/Belgium Een kritische kijk op cryonicsCryonisten, op hol geslagen geesten? Deel 1Deel 2Stof tot nadenkenCryonics en religieVraag en antwoordVragen van studentenBrief aan Skeppreactie op geriater De CockCryonics Belgium NieuwsbriefWat kost Cryonics?Cryonics InstituteAlcorDiscussiesTranshumanismeBelgische Transhumanisten OrganisatieGratis on-line boeken en infoPicturesLinksChattenAfspraken Documents Tools Cryonics...The official site of a winter festival held annually in the mountain town of Nederland, Colorado. A bit weird, since the Nederlands city government actively worked to oust Bredo Morstoel (the "frozen dead guy") from their town several years ago. But there he still sits, now the frozen centerpiece of a festival in March.
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Frozen Dead Guy Days Nederland CO Colorado Commerce is the official sponsor and host of Frozen Dead Guy Days a fun-filled annual winter festival in the mountain town of Nederland, Colorado. For questions or information about Frozen Dead Guy Days please call our Event Line at (720)...An on-line discussion group for those who are considering joining a cryonics organization but are worried about what their friends and family might think.
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Yahoo! Groups ConsideringCryonics You can search the group for older messages. Yahoo! 360° Keep connected to your friends and family through blogs, photos and more. Create your own 360° page now. Home Activity within 7 days: 1 New Message Description This is a...Visionary design and project plans by architect Stephen Valentine for a building to house research into life extension, nanotechnology, and cryopreservation of tissue and humans through vitrification.
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Cryonics Stephen Valentine's Timeship: Nanotechnology, Cryogenics, Vitrification Timeship building will be the world's largest cryonics structure devoted entirely to life extension research, including aging control, transplantation, tissue regeneration, and nanotechnology. The Timeship will also be used to preserve near-extinct species and human DNA, by using the vitrification...A paper examining the results of a consumer survey on cryonics. By W. Scott Badger, from "The Journal of Evolution and Technology," December, 1998.
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Cryonics Survey Technologies contents call for papers editorial board how to submit to JET support JET IEET search JET AN EXPLORATORY SURVEY EXAMINING THE FAMILIARITY WITH AND ATTITUDES TOWARD CRYONIC PRESERVATION W. Scott Badger, Ph.D. Journal of Evolution and Technology. December 1998....Support and discussion group based in Sussex, UK, for people in Britain and the rest of Europe who are signed up for cryopreservation.
http://www.cryonics-europe.org/
A free discussion mailing list on cryonics-related issues. May also be read on-line; posts accepted from subscribers only. Searchable archives are available from the list's beginning in 1988.
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CryoNet Cryonics Mailing List Net messages for news aggregators Browse CryoNet archive files, including all recent messages. Browse CryoNet Messages by Author Browse current queue of messages for the next daily CryoNet digest Requires JavaScript To subscribe to CryoNet, send email to with the...John DeRivaz's British site for cryonics, life extension, and the future.
http://www.quantium.cwc.net/
Up-to-date answers to basic cryonics questions. A good starting point. By Ben Best.
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CRYONICS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) For an overview of the essential questions of cryonics in essay form, see my piece Cryonics: The Issues. CONTENTS I. Definitions I-A. What is cryonics I-B. What is cryopreservation I-C. What is cryogenics I-D. What is a suspension I-E. What...Information for Europeans interested in cryonics. Includes an extensive list of links to other European cryonics sites and a mailing list/forum for Europeans interested in cryonics, plus a large list of articles and discussions. The site and mailing list are in English. Part of the larger Transtopia site.
http://www.transtopia.org/cryonics.html
From ABCNEWS.com, an article on the cryonic suspension of Ted Williams by the Alcor Foundation and asking if the technology might work.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91481&page=1
A long article by Terry Grossman, reprinted from The Babyboomers Guide to Living Forever (2000).
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KurzweilAI.net KurzweilAI.net This site requires frames....A non-profit organization that aims to educate and inform the general public about cryonics. Does not provide cryonics services and is not affilated with any service organization.
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The Cryonics Society A Resource For Public Education And Research In New Life-Saving Technologies copyright 169; cryonics society 2004...Article by Michael Park of the Sunday Herald (U.K.), primarily focused on Alcor.
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Heaven can wait Sunday Herald] Being a projectionist is not majorly different from how you see it in Cinema Paradiso This Life: Cath Gauld is senior projectionist at the Cameo Cinema in Edinburgh, and on her days off she likes to go to the pictures...A lengthy cryonics article about Alcor by Audun Taraldsen from Arizona State University's "The Electronic Bulldog" - April 26, 1996. Dated in some respects but highly detailed.
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People are already lining up, hoping cryonics really work (Click here for full photo and caption By Audun Taraldsen* Until his last breath, Michael had a dream of a future life. After suffering from AIDS, the 54-year-old man died of...Home page for documentary film about life extension, cryonics, body decoration, and other aspects of modern technological life.
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synthetic pleasures: film information SYNOPSIS TREATMENT PRODUCTION NOTES SCREENINGS FILM CREDITS SCRIPT CREW COLLABORATORS FILM CLIPS PRESS COOL LINKS GLOSSARY WHO WATCHES SP INTERVIEWS FEEDBACK...John DeRivaz's British site for cryonics, life extension, and the future.
http://www.cryonics.org/bblr/
Lively discussions of cryonics, cryogenics, cryobiology, life extension, transhumanism, death, and related issues.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/291677/
A community discussion site for members of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation and anyone interested in cryonics. Created and run by a long time Alcor member.
http://www.alcorunited.org