X-Message-Number: 33027 Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:17:29 -0400 From: Subject: Nano-swimmers and cooling blankets Neither a desktop nanofactory nor glucose oxidation can adequately explain how untethered nanobots could operate at cryogenic temperatures. On another subject, a UK funeral service company is offering cooling blankets as a quicker means of cooling and preserving corpses, which Barry Albin's company is considering incorporating into its core business. http://flexmort.com/Covercool.aspx It would not be nearly as efficient as an ice bath with circulating water, but it could be useful for quick deployment in cryonics where an ice bath would take longer to set up. -- Ben Best Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=33027