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 pod-shaped chamber that comfortably fits one person inside. When users are ready to die, they press a button, which causes the chamber to “fill up with liquid nitrogen to bring the oxygen level down to about 5 percent.” Users lose consciousness within a minute. Once they’re dead, the capsule can be used as a coffin, while the base can be reused. YouTube / Borchka TV Nitschke is a staunch advocate of legal euthanasia and believes anyone over the age of 70 should have the right to seek out assisted suicide. However, he’s careful to assert that any rational person should be able to make the choice to die. YouTube / TEDx Talks Before getting the green light to use his device, Nitschke says people will need to fill out an online mental health questionnaire. They’ll have to pass it in order to get the four-digit access code to the machine. YouTube / TEDx Talks <div class="llcust" data-lltype="media" id="ll_5a3b25582e24d" data-source=" The Sarco was also designed to be 3D printed. The blueprints will be made available on the internet for free, meaning it can be used anywhere in the world. Suicide clinics in Sweden are already interested in the machine. YouTube / Borchka TV <div class="llcust" data-lltype="video" id="ll_5a3b25582f09a" data-source=" Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/suicide-machine/
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTAT_ATF’); }); I’ll be the first to say that I absolutely love all things creepy — ghosts, demons, monsters, you name it. I’m just fascinated by all of it. As long as there’s a healthy distance between that material and me, that is. If it’s coming at me through a book or computer screen, I’m all for it. You just won’t see me going on any haunted house tours. I’m sure plenty of people are with me on this one. But imagine if the haunted house in question was yours. Redditor Shizz_McCoy can tell you a little about that. At first, she noticed the electronics in her apartment were going crazy, and then she heard actual voicescoming out of them. Knocks fell on all of the bedroom doors when she and her roommates were alone. Multiple roomies moved out almost immediately after moving in, and two psychics told her she was dealing with demonic entities. Great. Just great. She decided to record her attempt at communicating with the voices, and here’s the chilling result. Okay, I may have to rethink my love of creepiness. Good thing she doesn’t live there anymore. Who knows what would’ve happened to her if she’d decided to stay? Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/demonic-voice-recorded/
In the latest video of our Ask a Dev series, Consulting Architect Conrad Stoll discusses the newest features of the latest iOS upgrade. Our developer experts are from Mutual Mobile, a leading development and design firm that builds mobile strategies for top companies such as Audi, Google and Citigroup. The team is eager to answer your questions about mobile, so ping us with your top queries on Twitter, using the hashtag #AskaDev. Don’t forget to check out our Ask a Dev YouTube channel and subscribe. Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/ios-7-1-ask-a-dev/
Who knew that aluminum foil was just knives that haven’t reached their full potential? Read more: http://www.wimp.com/japanese-guy-makes-a-knife-from-aluminum-foil/
Trying to survive on the streets is rough enough for stray or abandoned dogs, but just imagine doing so while not being able to see, hear, or move around with ease. This is what one unfortunate pup had been dealing with for who knows how long when people found him on the side of a Florida road where he’d almost been hit. The poor thing’s fur was severely matted and he clearly needed help. They couldn’t keep him for the night, so they posted a photo of him on Facebook instead, pleading for anyone who could take care of the pup. That’s where Kari Falla came in and asked them to bring the dog to her business, BGEGrooming. “I could tell he’d been that way for a few years from the pictures. You could tell it was extreme neglect,” Falla said. “I knew it was bad, but nothing prepared me for what I saw. It smelled like death and the dog could not walk. They had to carry it.” YouTube / Inside Edition Falla opened her shop for the emergency and started working on the pup around midnight. It took her about three hours to bathe and shave him. YouTube / Inside Edition Once finished, he was unrecognizable — and very happy! Later on, Falla found out he was also deaf and blind. YouTube / Inside Edition <div class="llcust" data-lltype="video" id="ll_59ebfcbb9e891" data-source=" Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/much-needed-grooming/
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTAT_ATF’); }); Someone actually did it…and he’s a hero for it. Moshe Tamssot, a Chicago resident, was poking around on McDonald’s latest advancement in fast food technology — the ‘Create Your Taste’ kiosk — when he discovered he could add a whooping 10 pieces of bacon to his hamburger! Wanting to know just how far he could take the build-a-burger kiosk, he decided to add 10 pieces of every topping available to his “Big Max” burger. But the biggest surprise came when the cashier first tried to ring up the order and the total read $890.80. The confused server decided to check with a manager before realizing that due to a pricing bug, the system had added hundreds of dollars for the different types of cheeses he’d selected. The final total for the Big Max? Just $24.89, which could be the deal of the century when you consider this monstrosity — that had to be carried on two trays, by the way. Wait’ll you see how much it weighed… For those wondering, this tower of beef, cheese, bacon, pickles, salad ingredients, and sauce contained 10 slices of American cheese, 10 slices of sharp white cheddar cheese, 10 slices of pepper jack cheese, 10 pieces of bacon, 10x pickles, 10x red onions, 10x guacamole, 10x tortilla strips, 10x lettuce, 10x tomatoes, 10x jalapeños, 10x grilled onions, 10x grilled mushrooms, 10x mac special sauce, 10x mayo, 5x spicy mayo, 10x sweet BBQ sauce, 10x creamy garlic sauce, 10x mustard, and of course…10x ketchup. Can’t forget about the ketchup! But best of all is the large Diet Coke he added to his order at the end. Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/big-max-burger/
The Inebriator is a cocktail machine that mixes your drink in seconds. With this Arduino-powered robot bartender, all you have to do is grab a glass, fill it with ice, select your desired drink, give it a little stir and enjoy. The makers of the cocktail-making robot describe the inspiration behind the project: Most parties we have been to there is a good selection of spirits and mixers, but no one has the inclination to make cocktails. This project is designed to make it as simple as feasibly possible to get perfect cocktails every time without the hassle of looking up ingredients or measuring spirits and mixers. The Inebriator features a Hitachi HD44780 compatible display that displays drink information, navigation buttons, a stepper motor to drive the drink shelf and a cluster of LEDs to illuminate the glass and mixers. This article originally published at PSFK here Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/09/06/inebriator-cocktail-machine/
Qualcomm’s Toq smartwatch got the Dick Tracy treatment on Monday with a new feature dubbed “Toq Talk.” Powered by Nuance’s voice-to-text technology, Toq Talk lets owners create and respond to text messages using their voices. Nuance is one of the industry leaders in in speech recognition and natural language processing. It powers Siri on iOS and is embedded in many other systems spanning various industries. Nuance also powers the voice-input on the original Galaxy Gear smartwatch. For now, the feature is restricted to the text messaging app. You’re also limited to nine seconds of speech input — but that should be enough to compose a quick message or send a quick reply. It’s important to remember, however, that Qualcomm isn’t selling the Toq through traditional consumer channels. It’s designed more as a reference point so other manufacturers can see what’s possible in the wearable space, rather than a fully-realized product. It’s not hard to imagine that this sort of technology — especially aligned with some of the cloud-based systems Nuance is investing in — powering a wide array of voice-controlled interfaces for the wearable market. Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/05/05/toq-smartwatch-voice-text/
When it comes to the holiday season, everyone has their own beliefs. Sharing them with others is one thing, but what this crazy pastor just did in Amarillo, Texas, totally crossed the line. As kids wait in line to meet Santa Claus at a local mall, this piece of trash extraordinaire tells the camera that he’s going to crush their dreams by informing them that Old Saint Nick isn’t real. I could hardly believe that he’d actually go through with it, but seconds later, he’s shouting like a mad man. At first, parents try to ignore him, but it eventually becomes too much to bear. All things considered, he’s lucky this didn’t end with a swift punch to the face. Like the angry dads who confront him, my blood is boiling! We’d like to take this moment to remind the pastor that Saint Nicholas was indeed a real man who was canonized. Whether or not he performed miracles is a matter of personal opinion, but even the most cynical historians agree that he was generous man who inspired the modern-day version of Santa Claus. Getty Images Read More: Santa Grants Incredible Last Wish To A Terminally Ill Child Who Dies In His Arms Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/crazy-pastor/
