A high-tech cryonics start-up is offering to freeze patients in liquid nitrogen after death, one day bringing them back to life for a cost of $200,000 (£165,000).
Europe’s leading cryopreservation company, Tomorrow.Bio, claims that about 700 customers have joined the list of those waiting to be preserved, while six people and five pets already have undergone the procedure.
According to Fernando Azevedo Pinheiro, the company’s co-founder, many people are simply fascinated by the possibilities of future technology and experiences, such as space travel, while for others, the primary motivation is their fear of dying.
