I predict his stock will do a dead cat bounce...
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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I predict his stock will do a dead cat bounce...
Done!
Certainly a dead ender.
Troll
It seems an ultra-expensive and complicated way to simulate a couple of plastic bags over the head with a couple of rubber bands around the neck.
CO2 works as well as nitrogen.
Gadzooks, Ron-- You are preaching... 
to the choir!
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