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

posted by fyngyrz on Monday April 16 2018, @06:03AM   
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.

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

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• Re:Suicide booth Re:Suicide booth (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]

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• Re:Suicide booth (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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