Reanimation via Uploading

Regenerative medicine, transplantation and uploading can allow revival from cryostasis with minimal use of nanotechnology

Mark A. Voelker (SL: Xavier Savira)

July 20, 2010

5 Steps for Revival

• Repair Brain using cryonanobots

• Grow new body using biotechnology

• Transplant repaired brain into new body

• Reconnect nerves

• Relearn to use body

Only Brain Repair is Nano Based

• Other steps use biotech or medical tech

• Nano based brain repair is done at cryogenic temperatures

• Cryonanobots designed to only work at cryogenic temperatures

Cryonano Brain Repair 1

• Brain is floating in cryogenic liquid (hydrocarbon oil, silicone oil, liquid nitrogen)

• Cryonanobots excavate solid water from lumens of circulatory system

• Cryonanobots used empty blood vessels for material transport and signal access

Cryonano Brain Repair 2

• Damaged structural and functional elements are usually removed and replaced instead of repaired in place

• Membranes are repaired and sealed while at cryogenic temperatures

• Repair can take a long time• After repairs are completed, brain is stored at

cryogenic temperature until the new body is ready to receive it

Grow a New Body

• Take cell(s) from frozen tissue, prepare new fertile egg using stem cell technology

• Implant fertile egg(s) into surrogate uterus (IVF)

• Grow embryo, then fetus, to term• Move fetus to in vitro life support

system (“Avatar” technology)

A New Body, Sans Brain

• We do not want to create a new person, just a new body

• Do not allow a brain to develop in the embryo• Remove brain tissue bud at an early stage of

embryo development, OR• Edit epigenome to suppress brain formation• Keep low level brain function intact to support

development of new body in vitro

Body Transplant

• It’s not a brain transplant, it’s a body transplant!

• When new body is large enough:• Rewarm repaired brain to just above the ice

point• Cool new body to just above the ice point• Put repaired brain into its new home using

hypothermic surgical techniques

Reanimate Patient

• Rewarm patient to 37ºC

• Maintain under anesthesia

• Use regenerative medicine techniques to repair spinal and sensory nerves

• When nerves are reconnected, bring patient out of anesthesia

Physical Therapy

• Patient will need physical and other therapy to learn how to use their

body again

• Support patient while he relearns to walk, see, hear etc.

An Alternative Approach• Your body is just an avatar • Read out structure of brain with advanced

optical imaging techniques (e.g. structured illumination microscopy)

• Load 3D “noetic image” of brain into computer memory

• Run brain in emulation• Connect brain to new body’s nervous system

via radio link and implanted neuron-silicon interface chips

Uploading Advantages 1• Uses little or no advanced nanotech• Does not require physical repair of the brain• Basic technology is being developed by

others for other reasons:• Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell

Technology,• Neural Modeling and Brain Emulation,• Silicon-Neuron interface chips,• Spinal Cord Repair,• Hypothermic Surgery,• IVF, In Vitro Life Support Systems

Uploading Advantages 2

• Body and Soul physically separate:• Backup/operating copy of Soul is in a secure

location, updated in real time• Body can be destroyed and the person still

lives• Can change bodies with ease• Can transmit yourself at the speed of light:

“Anywhere you can see, there you can be.”