Switzerland has legalized the use of a "suicide machine" that kills people comfortably and with relatively little pain.
In less than a minute, a person dies a less traumatic death due to hypoxia and hypocarbia in this machine.
It is a capsule-shaped machine in which a person lying down tries to commit suicide.
The machine was invented by Dr. Philip Haig Nitschke, also known as Dr. Death. It is designed in such a way that it is easy to move anywhere.
This machine is called the Sarco machine or Pegasos which can also be used as a coffin.
The supply of oxygen to this machine is greatly reduced, and death occurs when the body's tissues are deprived of a certain amount of oxygen.
The design of the device was a collaboration between Dutch industrial designer Alexander Bannink and Dr. Philip.
Pegasos is 3D-printed in sections measuring 39 by 20 by 20 in. The layout software authorizes devices of varied sizes to be made according to the client's desired sizes. Dr. Death has said that the design is planned to resemble that of a spaceship, to give users the feeling that they are going across to the "great beyond".
The machine is a development of the hypoxic death provided by a suicide (exit) bag. Numerous people will not deem euthanasia by exit bag for aesthetic reasons, or feel claustrophobic inside a bag. Dr. Philip names this the "plastic bag factor". The Sarco gives a solution to these objections.
People have described the Sarco as 'just a glorified gas chamber', and others have brought up concerns that it is glamorizing suicide.