Category Archives: Cryonics Biography

The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 7

Posted on July 20, 2011 by admin

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 →

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In Camera Historia: Air Hearse, 1974

Posted on July 7, 2011 by admin

10 February, 1974 “Air Hearse” I was 19 years old and I had never flown in a light aircraft before. I had had very little sleep for the three days prior to the start of the flight. “Gasoline rationing” was … Continue reading →

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The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas – Part 1

Posted on June 3, 2011 by admin

Figure 1: A very special apple orchard in Pervomaysk, Ukraine. Laputa was the fictional floating city in Jonathan Swift’s 1726 bitingly satirical novel Gulliver’s Travels, whose inhabitants could maneuver about using magnetic levitation. Laptua was populated by a ruling class … Continue reading →

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Michael G. Darwin, a Biographical Précis

Posted on April 4, 2011 by admin

Please note: A PDF of this article is available at: http://cryoeuro.eu:8080/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=1441801&sortBy=date&highlight=Darwin_Michael_+G_+Biography_v4.3.pdf& Authorship & Editing Credits The following biography began as a Wikipedia entry authored primarily by Ben Best and a Wikipedian who identifies himself as “Cryobiologist.” In May of 2010, … Continue reading →

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