Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Smashing Corpses into Dust is the Future, Apparently

Burials? Blasè. Cremations? So 2010. How about having your corpse freeze-dried then smashed into dust?The process - called promession, or cryomation - involves using liquid nitrogen to chill the body to -196c, leaving it so brittle that it can be "fragmented" on a vibrating mat. A magnet then removes metal objects such as fillings and artificial limbs, leaving a sterile powder - giving a whole

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