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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Science Fiction, Double Feature…
By Mike Darwin I used to love science fiction. The trouble is that it simply became too believable to be any fun anymore. Space travel? Sure, everybody knows that’s possible, and thanks to Industrial Light & Magic, we all know … Continue reading
Status Report: 28 July, 2011
Figure 1: Chronosphere performance data from 29 June through 28 Jul, 2011. The large bump up in views on 07-29-2011 represents the effect of the posting of Robert Ettinger’s passing into cryopreservation and the impact from targeted mailings of a … Continue reading
Would You Like Another Plate of This?
You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere –Tracy Chapman By Mike Darwin The mAD Men Cryonics has a history, beginning at almost Day 1, of … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics Philosophy, Culture & Propaganda
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Robert C. W. Ettinger: News Media Obituaries, the Raw Feed
Introduction Reproduced below is the raw feed of obituaries for Robert Ettinger. There are many more, most repetitive and based on the same primary sources (i.e., news services and THE WASHINGTON POST). Examining a representative of the raw feed is … Continue reading
Sexual Senescence in Humans: A Propaganda tool for Cryonics and Life Extension?
By Mike Darwin Sex and Aging It is so common place as to be almost axiomatic. The ‘rake’ or ‘slut’ who, in middle or old age, has become not merely transformed into a moralistic prude, but is completely unable to … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics Philosophy, Culture & Propaganda, Gerontology
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Robert C. W. Ettinger, First Life Cycle: 1918 to 2011
Robert Chester Wilson Ettinger (born December 4, 1918 – cryopreserved 23 July, 2011) was the father of cryonics as a result of the publication and widespread distribution of his book, The Prospect of Immortality (Doubleday, 1964) and because of his … Continue reading
The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 9
Figure 1: The Alcor facility in Riverside, California at night in June of 1987. The Scope of the Progress Included in what was achieved by Alcor from ~ 1982 to 1990, for an estimated total of $1,772,081 in 2010 dollars, … Continue reading
The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 8
Figure 1: Enkidu, Alcor/Cryovita canine total body washout (TBW) # 2. At top, Enkidu lies chilled to ~5○C, his blood replaced with a specially designed preservative solution (perfusate), near the end of his 4-hours of cold, bloodless perfusion. The perfusate … Continue reading
In Camera Historia: Cryonics Institute Facility, 1978
On 21 March, 1978 the Cryonics Institute (CI) acquired their first facility, a storefront building in the Detroit Metro area. The CI building was the first wholly owned (cash purchase) patient storage facility in the history of cryonics, and remains … Continue reading
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The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 7
Figure 1: Fred and Linda Chamberlain with an early prototype perfusion machine. By Mike Darwin Lessons from the Alcor Experience? The Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Inc. (Alcor) and its brother for-profit organization, Manrise Corporation (Manrise), were founded in 1972 by … Continue reading