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My family and I are going to pay $28K each to freeze our bodies in liquid nitrogen tanks after we die. We hope to wake up in the future

9 days ago   |   By Business Insider

Dennis Kowalski has signed up to be preserved in a chamber that reaches freezing temperatures after death. Cryonics Institute
Dennis Kowalski is head of the Cryonics Institute, which preserves people after they die in the hope they'll be revived in the future.
The remains are stored in liquid nitrogen tanks that reach -320 degrees Fahrenheit. The service costs $28,000.
Kowalski told Insider he decided from an early age that cryonics made sense, even if coming back isn't a guarantee.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dennis James Kowalski, a 54-year-old resident of...
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See inside a facility that freezes people and pets after they die and stores their preserved remains upside down in cryostat chambers

9 days ago   |   By Business Insider

Thousands of people are signed up to be frozen after they die in the hopes that they can wake up in the future. Cryonics Institute
Cryonics is the process of deep-freezing human remains in the hope that a person can be resuscitated in the future.
Cryonics Institute charges $28,000 for a body to be stored indefinitely, while competitor Alcor reportedly charges $200,000.
See how the process of cryonics works and where bodies are stored.
Throughout history, people have tried to find ways to cheat death, but lately, it's a topic that seems to be on the minds of many of Silicon Valley's...
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