One of the featured
life-extension projects is to design an artificial
humanoid body (called an "avatar") and an advanced
brain–computer interface system. On the biological side, a life support system will be developed for hosting a human brain inside the avatar and maintaining it alive and functional. A later phase of the project will research into the creation of an
artificial brain into which the original individual
consciousness may be transferred.
Avatar A A robotic copy of a human body remotely capable of interpreting commands directly from the mind, and sending information back to the mind in a form that can be interpreted via
brain–computer interface. It is estimated to be popularized in or before 2020. This, however, has failed to transpire.
Avatar B An avatar in which a human brain is
transplanted at the end of one's life. Avatar B has an autonomous system providing life support for the brain and allowing it interaction with the environment, possibly mounted into an existing Avatar A Chassis. Deadline of this phase was the year 2025 and also unmet.
Avatar C An avatar with an artificial brain to which a human personality is transferred for emulation at the end of one's life. The first successful attempt to upload one's personality to a computer is estimated to happen around 2035.
Avatar D A
hologram- or
diagram-like avatar. This is the ultimate goal of this project but is optional since, assuming either the upload is involuntary or all humans chose to upload, biological diseases are prevented in the previous phase, and it is far away from current technological achievement and our understanding on physics. ==Reception==