The document discusses cryonics, the practice of freezing dead bodies in hopes of someday reviving them using nanotechnology. Cryonics began in 1962 and involves replacing a patient's blood with cryoprotectants to freeze the body at very low temperatures until future technologies can repair the damage caused by death and freezing. The key to success of cryonics is seen as future nanotechnology that can operate at the cellular and molecular level to revive frozen patients by repairing damaged cells using molecular machines. While still speculative, cryonicists hope that future enhancements may allow regrowth of the brain or revival from just the brain.