The Sarco, short for sarcophagus, would enable the euthanasia patient inside it to press a button and die ‘within seconds’, according to the company behind it, Exit Switzerland. The case – which looks like something out of a sci-fi film and has been likened to a Tesla car – fills with nitrogen to starve the occupant of oxygen, rendering the patient unconscious before they die. Its creator, controversial assisted dying advocate Dr Philip Nitschke, who has been dubbed ‘Dr Death’, claims his invention could allow users to die swiftly and painlessly. While the Australian researcher claims that his device would give people the chance to end their lives in a ‘peaceful’ way, pro-life groups have warned that the pods, which could be made by a 3D printer, ‘glamorize suicide’.