What's the most effecient way to preserve your identity, your sentience, and your mobility, beyond normal mortal limits?
http://web-ext2.darpa.mil/ETO/MEMS/Projects/97MEMS/University-51.html
Imagine removing all of your body, except for the core neurons in your brain required for experiencing pleasure, sights, sounds, touches, and g-forces.
Imagine using quantum teleportation-based communication systems to offload all of the functions.
You could have a little "worm" of nerves, that was a sentient being, with all the sensor systems made of artificial systems.
So, you have a little carbon-based worm, with life support requirements. Instead of a body, you make a little 8" MEMS spacecraft that flies around silently, moving too fast for ordinary humans to see. For example, a person can't resolve visuals that are faster than 1/60th of a second. If a MEMS disc flies around so that it's not in a visual position longer than 1/60th of a second, it's essentially invisible.
If the worm is physically located inside the disc, then there needs to be a food supply inside the disc.
How many g's can the worm endure? Can the worm be converted to a
"flatworm" by spreading it out on a mounting plate that provides
additional support for g forces?
Would it be possible to locate the worm outside of the craft, yet using quantum telemetry to give the worm all the sensations of flight?
Imagine looking at a worm, and hearing a voice in your head that says
"Hi. I'm a U.S. Air Force pilot, designed at Area 51, with the help
of M.I.T. I really love pulling G's! Unfortunately, my ship is
broken down, so I needed to send a distress signal through time,
which you are hearing now."