Article 3J4WJ Startup wants to upload your brain to the cloud, but has to kill you to do it

Startup wants to upload your brain to the cloud, but has to kill you to do it

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Nectome offers to preserve grey matter through 'vitrifixation' process tested on rabbits - but doesn't have a method for uploading brains yet

A US startup is promising to upload customers' brains to the cloud using a pioneering technique it has trialled on rabbits.

The only catch, according to the company's cofounder? The process is "100% fatal".

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