It Looks Like A Futuristic Sleep Chamber But Its Real Purpose Is Ruffling Feathers

Fans of the animated TV show "Futurama" will remember the presence of "suicide booths" throughout the series, offering users, among other choices, a "quick and painless" way to end their lives.
Now a similar apparatus exists in the real world, and it's bound to meet resistance in and out of the medical world. A few days after lawmakers in Victoria, Australia, voted to legalize euthanasia, doctor Philip Nitschke, dubbed the "Elon Musk of assisted suicide," introduced a controversial machine that helps users commit suicide with the press of a button.





The Sarco, developed by Nitschke’s organization, Exit International, is a...