Research
What we’re exploring beyond
biological preservation.
Eternis is a biological preservation platform. The work below describes active research directions — ideas we’re prototyping and exploring, not products you can buy today. These surfaces are optional, member-controlled, and separate from the core preservation service. We publish them here so you can see where we’re headed.
Nothing on this page is a commitment to ship. These are research directions, subject to scientific review, ethical consultation, and member demand.
Research Direction · Digital Epigenome
Your biology tells half the story.
Your digital life tells the other half.
We’re exploring whether members could optionally connect their own social media archives and photo libraries to The Vault. The idea: creative output (posts, videos, photos) is a digital expression of personality that complements biological preservation.
This feature is not on the launch roadmap. It would require a separate legal and privacy framework before we consider shipping it. Nothing here implies a commitment.
Platforms under consideration
Posts, stories, reels
Posts, photos, timeline
YouTube
Uploads, comments
TikTok
Videos, drafts
Articles, activity
Photos
Personal archives
If built: optional · always encrypted · never shared without explicit consent · fully removable by member request
Research Direction · Imprint
Imprint
Not a memory. A presence.
An AI model trained on a member’s voluntarily contributed writing, voice, and values — designed to preserve personality alongside biological material. Actively being researched in consultation with clinical psychologists, ethicists, and narrative-identity researchers. Not an afterlife product, not a chatbot of a deceased person. An optional layer, for members who want one, with full consent and clear guardrails.
Illustrative preview
Research concept · Not a live feature
Imprint research is consent-first and narrative-identity-informed. No Imprint model exists today.
On ethics, consent, and restraint
Nothing described here is a product today. The decision to ship any of it will depend on: (i) scientific validation, (ii) legal review of consent frameworks across jurisdictions we operate in, (iii) consultation with clinical psychologists and ethicists, and (iv) demand from existing members. If we ever ship one of these features, it will be optional, separately priced if it has a cost, and never coupled to core preservation.
Questions or concerns about this research direction? Write to guillermo@myeternis.com.