Reanimation via Uploading

1. Mark A. Voelker (SL: Xavier Savira) Reanimation via Uploading Regenerative medicine, transplantation and uploading can allow revival from cryostasis with minimal use of nanotechnology July 20, 2010

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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.”