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Human immortality could be possible by 2045, say Russian scientists

Human immortality could be possible by 2045, say Russian scientists

2012-08-12
Source: CBC News

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If Dmitry Itskov's 2045 initiativeplays out as planned, humans will have the option of living forever with the help of machines in only 33 years.

It may sound ridiculous, but the 31-year-old Russian mogul is dead serious about neuroscience, android robotics, and cybernetic immortality. 

He has already pulled together a team of leading Russian scientists intent on creating fully functional holographic human avatars that house artificial brains which contain a person's complete consciousness - in other words, a humanoid robot. 

Together, they've laid out an ambitious course of action that would see the team transplant a human brain into an artificial body (or 'avatar') in as little as seven years time.

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Now, Itskov is asking the world's richest people for help in financing the project. 

In exchange, he's offered to coordinate their own personal immortality projects for free.......





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