Suspended Animation

Suspended animation is a fictional plot device used in many movies where the subject wakes up after an induced "hibernation" or "suspension". Examples include Han Solo, Khan, Avatar, Austin Powers, Captain America, Buck Rogers, etc. This is fiction. There is broad scientific consensus that suspended animation technology would be so incredibly complex that it could not possibly be developed in any of our lifetimes. Revival is absolutely impossible in the near future, so we're focused instead on the much more modest goal of preserving the intricate structure of all the moledules in the brain with current technology.

 

We're not at all interested in suspended animation, although some scientists are confused into thinking that we are. One reason for this confusion is that many people in Traditional Cryonics are also interested in things like organ banking, reversible preservation, and suspended animation. That's not us. We are most certainly not proposing that we can revive anyone by simply warming them up. The cells are not viable.

 

Brain Preservation is broken down into two distinct phases which are discussed in more detail at the bottom of Scientific Basis.

Phase I: Structural preservation that we are able to perform with current technology.

Phase II: Reconstruction of memories using very advanced Whole Brain Emulation or Future Repair Technology.