Date: July 12th, 2005 File Size: 1.91mb (11kbps) Format: Windows Media 10
Overview: Dr. Ralph Merkle joins us to discuss recent advances in cryonics & nanotechnology, and how they may facilitate a next-generation "sleeper-ship" to transport frozen explorers across the cosmos. Merkle is a Professor at Georgia Tech's College of Computing, a director at the Alcor Life-Extension Foundation, and a respected pioneer in nanotechnology.
Since 1972, Alcor has done pioneering work in cryonics for life-extension applications, and today nearly 100 patents rest peacefully in liquid nitrogen in their Scottsdale, Arizona facility awaiting future resuscitation. Among the many aspects of this technology that Merkle addresses is the common misperception that ice-crystals rupture cells during the freezing process -- a concern that breakthroughs in cryoprotectants and ice-blockers have eliminated. We discuss this technology in the context of the traditional science-fiction "sleeper-ship" as a means for facilitating multi-decade missions across the cosmos that would normally exceed an explorer's lifespan. Link:Dr. Ralph Merkle Interview - Space Cryonics and Nanotechnology
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Don't know why this interview has such a low rating--it not "hardcore" technically, but it's a good listen. Hearing someone of the stature of Ralph Merkle discuss any topic at any level of sophistication is far from a waste of time.
Windows Media 10 format audio interviews.