Cryonics

Cryonics uses technology in attempt to defeat death (Florida Today)
Death and life -- in that order -- are not easy topics to broach. Add to the mix cryonics and post-mortem thought transfers and things really get complicated.

Family will not appeal cryonics ruling (KOAA Colorado Springs - Pueblo)
The family of a woman at the center of a court battle over freezing her remains will not appeal a court ruling that gives possession of the woman's head to a cryonics facility in Arizona. Mary Robbins head will be frozen indefinitely in the hope that it her thoughts and experiences can be revived at some time in the future. The rest of her body will be cremated and returned to her relatives ...

How to Reboot Your Corpse (Discovery Channel)
Thousands of bodies are already cryonically frozen, waiting for faster computers and medical advances that will undo their cause of death.

Colorado Springs family loses cryonics case (KOAA Colorado Springs - Pueblo)
A Colorado Springs family has lost a battle with an Arizona cryonics company over the head an brain of their family member. Judge Barbara Hughes ruled Monday morning that a contract signed by Mary Robbins remains in effect. This means that Alcor, which has packed Robbins' head in dry ice since her death, will take custody of her remains. The Robbins family says it intends to appeal the ruling ...

Dispute Over Colorado Woman's Remains Resolved (CBS4 Denver)
A battle over a woman's remains in Colorado Springs has ended in a compromise between her family and a cryonics firm. The family of Mary Robbins said she changed her mind about being cryogenically frozen just before she died from cancer.

Court Gives Grandma's Frozen Head to Cryonics Company (ABC News)
The family of a deceased Colorado grandmother has vowed to appeal after a probate court judge gave custody of her frozen head to Alcor Life Extension Foundation, which promises to freeze clients with the hopes of reviving them at a later time. Appellate court - United States - Government - Business - California

Frozen Dead Guy Days start Friday (Denver Post)
After 20 years, Nederland's celebration of its coolest resident is still kicking with this weekend's Frozen Dead Guy Days.

Nederland to celebrate annual frozen man festival (Colorado State Collegian)
Grandpa Bredo Morstoel has been around for 109 years. For the past 20, he’s been living in a shed up the road from his grandson’s house in Nederland. His existence, however, can’t exactly be called living.

Frozen Remains Stay with Cryonics Company, Family to Appeal (KRDO Colorado Springs)
COLORADO SPRINGS - A magistrate agreed with the company's argument that Mary Robbins did not change her mind about being frozen after her death.

Woman loses rights to mum's frozen head (Perth Now)
THE family of a Colorado Springs nurse have lost a legal battle with a cryonics company over who has the right to her frozen head.