I get it, sometimes life sucks. But this? Really?
I guess you can't charge it with murder.
http://www.iflscience.org/japan-engineers-design-robotic-bear-to-aid-in-assisted-suicide/
The researchers have been working to develop a robot to assist with patient suicide since 2009. The first version was Robot for HAIRAKUMA which could lift a weight of up to 61kg. The second incarnation, HAIRAKUMA-II, weighs 230kg and can carry a weight of up to 80kg. The HAIRAKUMA-II was recalled immediately from test markets after a glitch in the AI Systems vital sign monitor left the bodies of 12 beta testing patient’s bodies horribly disfigured but still alive.
And such wonderful names for its services.
SeppuKuma also offers 23 very different methods one can choose to end their life, including Everlasting Sleep (lethal injection), Pillow Kisses (suffocation), Peaceful Breath (helium asphyxia) and Sleepy time Hug which is where the robotic bear strangles its partner until their pulse stops for 15 minutes.
yamaha
MegaDork
5/6/15 2:57 p.m.
In reply to Toyman01:
So it isn't just a pussification of the US, but the rest of the world as well? We're talking about a nation that would jump off cliffs or disembowel themselves......and now this?!?!? berkeleying Bob Costas
Wait, wait, wait, are we to understand that the Hairakuma-II left eleven beta test subjects “horribly disfigured but still alive” and the decision to recall the robot wasn’t made until a twelfth subject suffered the same outcome.
Do I understand this correctly????????
In reply to RX Reven':
Well you know, you have to, try try try, try try try, try try try, try try try, again. Otherwise you are just a quitter. 
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
FALSE
GPS is the voice of reason?!
Is Bizarre-o day a real thing?
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
FALSE
You're harshing my mellow man. Quite unlike you. 
Toyman01 wrote:
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
FALSE
You're harshing my mellow man. Quite unlike you.
Bhahaha, well played Toyman.
Think it’s too late to slap an Obamacare sticker on the thing and let the internet hilarity begin.
yamaha
MegaDork
5/6/15 3:32 p.m.
In reply to RX Reven':
Also haxxors Snopes to say it is true.
You know, the similarities are striking...
yamaha wrote:
In reply to RX Reven':
Also haxxors Snopes to say it is true.
Maybe the Japanese already hacked it to say it wasn't!
You don't know, it could happen.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
FALSE
Yea and Unit 731 didn't exist either.
Helium Asphyxiation. I didn't know that was a thing.
Knurled
UltimaDork
5/6/15 7:51 p.m.
Toyman01 wrote:
In reply to RX Reven':
Well you know, you have to, try try try, try try try, try try try, try try try, again.
Knows exactly what you mean.
Appleseed wrote:
Helium Asphyxiation. I didn't know that was a thing.
Yeah. But the better way to go is Nitrogen. Your body doesn't go into any kind of shock or emergency panic mode from heavy nitrogen concentration. You just asphyxiate from lack of oxygen.
But the benefit to helium is you're guaranteed to go out on a high note.
Sorry, I'll keep my day job.
I think I'd prefer a bridge abutment at a high rate of speed.
Beer Baron wrote:
Appleseed wrote:
Helium Asphyxiation. I didn't know that was a thing.
Yeah. But the better way to go is Nitrogen. Your body doesn't go into any kind of shock or emergency panic mode from heavy nitrogen concentration. You just asphyxiate from lack of oxygen.
You don't go into shock or panic from the helium either. The world goes black, and you drop. Near instant lights out. Btdt. Since you quack "oh sh.." like a duck as you go down, everyone laughs and thinks it's a joke.
