DocumentCode
1428083
Title
Die another day
Author
Karlin, Susan
Volume
47
Issue
3
fYear
2010
fDate
3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
24
Lastpage
25
Abstract
What is death? Over the centuries, the line dividing life and death has moved from the cessation first of breathing, then of the heartbeat, and finally of brain activity. But cryogenic methods first contemplated in science fiction may push the line even further. The idea is to freeze legally dead people in liquid nitrogen in the hope of regenerating them at some future date.
Keywords
Biomedical imaging; Brain cells; Cadaver; Dictionaries; Investments; Moore´s Law; Nitrogen; Psychology; Supercomputers; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2010.5421894
Filename
5421894
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