Designer Creates "Euthanasia Roller Coaster"

disco_tracy writes "Lithuanian amusement park worker and current PhD candidate in London's Royal College of Art's Design Interactions department, Julijonas Urbonas, has made a design for a hypothetical coaster that could be the future of humane euthanasia. Urbonas says that it is engineered to give a person a way to die with 'with elegance and euphoria.' From the article: 'The three-minute ride involves a long, slow, climb -- nearly a third of a mile long -- that lifts one up to a height of more than 1,600 feet, followed by a massive fall and seven strategically sized and placed loops. The final descent and series of loops take all of one minute. But the gravitational force -- 10 Gs -- from the spinning loops at 223 miles per hour in that single minute is lethal.'"

Comments

I've seen people die...

[The Archon V2.0]

... and there isn't a thing elegant about it.

It'll never fly

[ColdWetDog]

Too dangerous.

Re:It'll never fly

[CaptainPatent]

Besides, hundreds of rollercoasters just like this have been designed before...

It was called Roller Coaster Tycoon.

Cheaper design: The Drop of Doom

[md65536]

I have a design for a "ride" that involves a long, slow climb up a large staircase, followed by a massive fall and one strategically placed sidewalk. I think it's the future of euthanasia!

Operator Error?

[decipher_saint]

So if a Carnie screws up, do people survive?

Re:Something the academic forgot

[decipher_saint]

It's funny not a single person who rode it had any complaints after the experience.

Re:Inert gases are the way to go

[DamienNightbane]

Helium would be the best choice. All the effectiveness of nitrogen, but with the added benefit of the person's last moments being hilarious to any onlookers.