X-Message-Number: 14474
From: Brent Thomas <>
Subject: cryonics and futurist funding
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 14:51:37 -0400

there were several posts recently about soliciting funding from prominent
individuals to fund things like cryonics and life-extension research.

there was an interesting article by wired magazine about Dean Kamen
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.09/kamen.html?pg=1&topic=&topic_set=

linked from slashtdot at http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/13/2249233.shtml

discussing his personal fortune, innovate lifestyle and background as an
eccentric but extremely successful inventor and (unacknowledged but
nonetheless) futurist.

if there are persons seeking funding or manpower for specific research or
inventions (which we hope might relate to cryonics or life-extension) this
man (and his organization)
might be worth a hard look as potential backers/developers.

It didn't sound from the article that he'd been exposed much to the cryonics
concept but he does have a background in medical devices so it might be an
easy conceptual leap for him.

Brent Thomas

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