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Nitschke's "Suicide Machine" Draws Crowds at Amsterdam Funeral Fair

posted by fyngyrz on Monday April 16 2018, @06:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the and-thanks-for-all-the-fish dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Euthanasia advocate displays 'Sarco', a pod that fills with nitrogen, which he hopes will one day be available as a 3D-printable device

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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. The Sarco was a device "to provide people with a death when they wish to die," Nitschke said.

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/15/nitschke-suicide-machine-amsterdam-euthanasia-funeral-fair

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by maxwell demon on Monday April 16 2018, @06:37AM (6 children)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday April 16 2018, @06:37AM (#667532) Journal

    Just make sure you don't confuse it with a phone booth.

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  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday April 16 2018, @07:23AM (2 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Monday April 16 2018, @07:23AM (#667541) Journal

    Maybe not *this* phone booth: http://getsmart.wikia.com/wiki/All_in_the_Mind [wikia.com]

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    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by looorg on Monday April 16 2018, @11:41AM (1 child)

      by looorg (578) on Monday April 16 2018, @11:41AM (#667585)

      There are many popculture phone booths, from GetSmart to Superman to well Futurama. I think that he was going for the last one.

      http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Suicide_booth [wikia.com]

      • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday April 16 2018, @05:01PM

        by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday April 16 2018, @05:01PM (#667702) Journal

        I think that he was going for the last one.

        You think correctly.

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  • (Score: 2) by nobu_the_bard on Monday April 16 2018, @12:31PM

    by nobu_the_bard (6373) on Monday April 16 2018, @12:31PM (#667597)

    Those will be extinct long before anything like this is mainstream.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 16 2018, @01:18PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 16 2018, @01:18PM (#667611)

    If I use nitrous oxide instead of nitrogen would I die laughing?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 17 2018, @03:43AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 17 2018, @03:43AM (#667938)

      yeah n2o bind to hemoglobin but dont give o2 to the cells so you die from asphixia without a chocking sensation