If life after death is something on your agenda then maybe you should start looking into LA tech company Humai.
Humai are currently working on technology that has the ability to bring their clients ‘back to life’ and want to introduce this within 30 years time. It sounds like the plot out some twisted science fiction story but this is all for real people, in an interview with Australian Popular Science the company’s CEO Josh Bocangera gave a little insight into how they will go about achieving this:
"We'll first collect extensive data on our members for years prior to their death via various apps we're developing. After death we'll freeze the brain using cryonics technology. When the technology is fully developed we'll implant the brain into an artificial body. The artificial body functions will be controlled with your thoughts by measuring brain waves. As the brain ages we'll use nanotechnology to repair and improve cells."
So whilst the aim is not to bring your actual body back from the dead, what they really want to do is bring you back to life via ‘Artificial Intelligence’, which is either pretty neat and the next ‘from of human evolution’ or everything that goes against God and nature so therefore you're all going to Hell – it all depends on who you ask really. We will point out though that this sounds like the plot for Transcendence.
Further along the interview Bocanegra goes onto say:
"I think the body has limitations and I don't believe the body has evolved with the best possible functions… I think an artificial body will contribute more to the human experience. It will extend the human experience. So much so, that those who accept death will probably change their mind..I don't think of it as fighting death. I think of it as making death optional… I personally can't imagine why anyone would want to die but I respect their wishes."
So those of you who are keen to see what kind of disappointment the future generations will turn out to be Humai have got you covered.
[Via IGN]
