Posted on 04/15/2018 5:57:46 PM PDT by Simon Green
A controversial suicide pod that enables its occupant to kill themselves at a press of a button went on display at Amsterdam funeral show on Saturday.
Called the "Sarco", short for sarcophagus, the 3D-printed machine invented by Australian euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke and Dutch designer Alexander Bannink comes with a detachable coffin, mounted on a stand that contains a nitrogen canister.
"The person who wants to die presses the button and the capsule is filled with nitrogen. He or she will feel a bit dizzy but will then rapidly lose consciousness and die," said Nitschke, who has been dubbed "Dr Death" for his work to legalise euthanasia.
The "Sarco" is a device "to provide people with a death when they wish to die," Nitschke told AFP.
The inventors put a model of the device on display, together with a set of virtual reality glasses to give visitors a true-to-life experience of what it would be like to sit in the pod, before ultimately pressing the button.
Nitschke said he aimed to build the first fully-functioning pod before the end of the year.
After that, the design will be put online as an open-source document for people to download.
"That means that anybody who wants to build the machine can download the plans and 3D-print their own device," Nitschke said.
Asked about the controversy surrounding euthanasia and legal hurdles, Nitschke said: "In many countries suicide is not against the law, only assisting a person to commit suicide is."
"This is a situation where one person chooses to press a button... rather than for instance standing in front of a train."
"I believe it's a fundamental human right (to choose when to die). It's not just some medical privilege for the very sick.
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It looks quite aerodynamic so there is that.
Yes, they keep finding all kinds of excuses to fight lethal injection - bad veins, etc.
How civilized we have become. This technology surpasses the Nazi showers of death and can be a humane way of having an abortion. I am so proud of society.
Build a factory on the left coast and put them out on street corners like those nasty looking “shared bikes.”
San Fran, LA, Portland, etc.
Then spread fliers around “reporting” secret and suppressed polls indicating PDJT actual approval percentages are above 82% and Voter Registration for the Republican party is up by 11 million.
Allude to “It is suspected that the illegals from Mexico secretly admire the President’s El Hefe machismo attitude but do not admit it in public.”
Proglib’s heads goin’ splodie!
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It looks like it is going to slide right into the 6 foot deep grave. Have grave pre-dug, climb in, push button. You die and it slips you six feet under. All nicely automatic. “Alexa, this is the end, beautiful friend.”
2020 -- Donald Trump has been re-elected!! Hey, you Democrats must be feeling really shocked and depressed, huh? Would you care to step this way ...?
+1 for the “Futurama” reference
Maybe we could set pod up at the DNC convention
Miss that man!
Don’t get old in Holland!
Ping for your 3D printer list.
Futurama used to be a comedic portrayal of far-fetched science fiction. Now sadly it’s humor is lost since it has become prophesy in less than a single generation.
Does it have a selector switch, you know for “Quick And Painless’’ or “Slow And Painful’’?
Yeah, they called it “The Suicide Booth’’.
By volume, dry air contains 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. Air also contains a variable amount of water vapor, on average around 1% at sea level, and 0.4% over the entire atmosphere. Air content and atmospheric pressure vary at different layers, and air suitable for use in photosynthesis by terrestrial plants and breathing of terrestrial animals is found only in Earth's troposphere and in artificial atmospheres.
What’s next, gas chambers as a service?
I agree. It isn’t oblivion. However, if we are going to keep people alive long past their due date, there must be some kind of exit strategy for those whose lives are utter torture.
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