Category Archives: Cryonics Biography

A Personal Update

I have been traveling, or here at Krell House in Northern Arizona, since 24 December of 2011, and have had virtually no access to the Internet, or to long distance telephony during that time. Additionally, communicating with the world via … Continue reading

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Doing the Time Warp

By Mike Darwin   It’s astounding; Time is fleeting; Madness takes its toll. But listen closely… Not for very much longer. I’ve got to keep control. I remember doing the time-warp Drinking those moments when The Blackness would hit me … Continue reading

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Science Fiction, Double Feature, 2: Part 3

Introduction & Tour of the Alcor-B Foundation’s Mobile, Arizona Patient Care Facility & Existential Colony  Address given to Alcor-B Foundation Cryopreservation Members and Staff Alcor-B Cryopreservation Research Foundation (ABCRF) 15 September, 2012 By Gorton Carpenter, M.D., Ph.D., President of the … Continue reading

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Science Fiction, Double Feature, 2

By Mike Darwin I promised a ‘Science Fiction, ‘Double Feature,’ so here is the second story. It has a lot of images and a number discrete ideas, so it will unfold in several parts to allow the reader the luxury … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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In Camera Historia: Air Hearse, 1974

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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