A 3D Printable Euthanasia Machine also called as a “Death Machine” has been newly invented by Dr Philip Nitschke.

3D Printing can help make a Life and also Kill One. Yes, you heard us right!! The new discovery in the 3D printing industry is a “Suicide Machine” or a “Euthanasia Machine”.

Euthanasia refers to death. Death of a person who is extremely sick and is undergoing a lot of pain. A person who opts for Euthanasia has some incurable condition that just has no medications but only suffering and death at the end but too late. But there are other instances where some people want their life to be ended. In many cases, it is carried out at the person’s request but there are times when they may be too ill and the decision is made by relatives, medics or, in some instances, the courts.

Everyone has their own opinion about death. There can be people involved in crimes and be working on the death penalty, some psychologically ill or some involved in the anti-abortion movement. There is a big controversy about death going around the world. People are afraid to die but yet, have no choice. Dr. Philip Nitschke helps people gain this peace and remove their suffering forever and without any paint.  He is given a nickname ” Dr. Death” and has created a suicide machine using 3D Printing technology. It is known as the Sarco capsule and was developed alongside engineer Alexander Bannink.

So what is a “3D Suicide machine” and how does it work?

With the press of a single button, a person can kill himself with negligible pain. The plan is for the 3D printing files to be made open-source and available online for free, in order to allow anyone with access to a 3D printer and a death wish to download digital designs for their own death-dealing device.

Organization by Dr. Philip Nitschke is opening up pathways for both conversation and action is Exit International. Founded in 1997. Exit International is an Australian civil rights organization that advocates for the rights of those who wish to determine the time and manner of their own death. With an online membership of over 20,000 people from around the world, the organization takes a non-medical approach to the right to die, and states as their mission their belief that, “it is a fundamental human right for every adult of sound mind, to be able to plan for the end of their life in a way that is reliable, peaceful, and at a time of their choosing.”

Nitschke is no stranger to the controversy surrounding end-of-life decisions. He was the first doctor to administer legal, lethal, voluntary injections to help terminally ill patients end their suffering under the Australian Rights of the Terminally Ill Act of 1995. After the law was overturned, he decided to found the Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation which later became Exit International. In 2015, he burned his medical registration card, effectively ending his medical career, and to date, he continues to address end of life as a civil rights issue, not a medical one.

Just this October, at the Exit NuTech Conference New Technologies for a Peaceful DIY Death, a live stream launch revealed the details of Exit International’s new Sarco Euthanasia Machine. It looks somewhat like I imagine an escape pod from a spaceship would appear – but in this case, the escape is from life. The machine, which can be downloaded online and assembled from 3D printed components, will give anyone who has a special access code the ability to end their life painlessly. The access code, a four-digit number, is given at the end of an online mental health questionnaire designed to establish that the person requesting it is, indeed, in their right frame of mind.

Dr. Nitschke told The Weekend Australian that “the limit will be the availability of the new 3D printers.” His team is “looking at printing (it) using biodegradable wood and plastic for the capsule. Printing materials are readily available (in Australia) as is liquid nitrogen. Printing cost is only an estimate at this point, but probably around €1000 ($1500)”.

The entry test he refers to is an online questionnaire, which is intended to assess the mental wellbeing of potential users, in order to judge whether or not they are a suitable candidate for taking their own life. Based on the results of this psychological test, the user may or may not be given a 4-digit code, which needs to be entered a keypad inside the Sarco capsule for it to carry out its solemn duty.

The Sarco terminates the existence of its users by releasing liquid nitrogen inside its sealed capsule, which gradually reduces the oxygen level until breathing, and survival, are no longer possible. The capsule can then be detached and used as a coffin, while the base can be re-used by another person who has chosen to shuffle off this mortal coil.

Once the code has been entered, the person wishing to use the capsule lies down inside it and liquid nitrogen is used to significantly decrease the level of oxygen within. This results in peaceful death in a matter of minutes. After death, the capsule can be detached from the Sarco machine and used as the coffin, with the machine then being available for reuse. The machine is the brainchild of the founder of Exit International and engineer Alexander Bannik and was designed in the Netherlands, a country known for its progressive views, particularly in terms of euthanasia. Nitschke explained the appeal of a machine such as this:

“Sarco does not use any restricted drugs, or require any special expertise such as the insertion of an intravenous needle. Anyone who can pass the entry test can enter the machine and legally end their life.”

The machine was developed in response to a growing number of people who are looking to have control and choice as they make the decisions about the ends of their lives. In the West, we have long been uncomfortable with death and Judeo-Christian ideologies have resulted in a strong cultural connotation of sin in connection with ending one’s own life. No doubt the development of a machine such as this one will cause its own controversy as we struggle to come to terms with the fact that life does end and the idea that its quantity may not be more important than its quality.

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