beatle11 Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 I did a search and came up empty on this topic. I thought it would be appropriate to start a new thread. This is just a hypothetical idea as mentioned below. There are pictures of what this could theoretically look like. Obviously, (at least I hope,) this would never actually be built but whichever way you look at it, this is interesting. http://www.di.research.rca.ac.uk/content/projects/237/Euthanasia+Coaster “Euthanasia Coaster” is a hypothetical euthanasia machine in the form of a roller coaster engineered to humanely – with elegance and euphoria – take the life of a human being. Riding the coaster’s track, the rider is subjected to a series of intensive motion elements that induce various unique experiences: from euphoria to thrill, and from tunnel vision to loss of consciousness, and, eventually, death. Thanks to the marriage of the advanced cross-disciplinary research in aeronautics/space medicine, mechanical engineering, material technologies and, of course, gravity, the fatal journey is made pleasing, elegant and meaningful. Celebrating the limits of the human body, this ‘kinetic sculpture’ is in fact the ultimate roller coaster: John Allen, former president of the famed Philadelphia Toboggan Company, once said that “the ultimate roller coaster is built when you send out twenty-four people and they all come back dead. This could be done, you know.
Myself Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 I can say with 100% certainty that this concept is among the most disturbing and creepy I've ever seen.
Inukaza Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 I find it even more disturbing that any collage would allow a study as this one. Forget the above comment I made. Check out the Smell+. (Click Products, then scroll down, NSFW). This whole site is ridiculous.
B-RadG Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 I find it even more disturbing that any collage would allow a study as this one. Well I mean artwork tends to be pretty lenient in its acceptance Anyhow I'm slightly intrigued by this. Just the idea that this has been thought of and actually visualized.
Mechanic Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 I wonder where it would end up on Mitch's poll. Maybe DEAD last?
beatle11 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Posted April 25, 2011 ^ I wonder if anyone with No Limits expertise would take the challenge of building this based on the pictures.
larrygator Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 Simply place any coaster on the moon without a breathing apparatus.
Midgetman82 Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 Duct-tape someone's head upright in a human centrifuge and keep it spinning until (enter descriptions of someone dying of centrifugal forces here). Same effect, but less fun. The thought of knowing that this kind of coaster could be built scares me slightly, but also excites me knowing the possibilities of how far coasters can go... but the majority of me is still scared of this concept.
RollerCoasterSmi Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 When I read this post I began to feel all eerie. This guy is so messed up, just look at his other project. An aesthetically pleasing vomit inducer. I suppose it is artistic though.
jamesdillaman Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 It's too short. It'll be trimmed. They'll take out the best element. Would've been better if it was an intamin megalite...
BeemerBoy Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 Sounds like a perfect fit for SFA. I hear they're in desperate need of a new coaster.
SoCalCoasters Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 Hmmm.... I though roller coaster were supposed to be designed to prevent people from dying, not promote it! Jeez... Someone definitely has too much time on their hands to think up something as whacky as this....
QueerRudie Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 I wonder where it would end up on Mitch's poll. Maybe DEAD last? GROAN... That was -terrible- After looking through their site, I can say these people have about as much in common with sanity as a Cat has in common with a cinder block. (Damn etherial artist colonies... Can't they go back to the planet they came from.)
palmerleeberry Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 "What the (your favorite expression here)!!!" No, no, H, E, double hockey sticks no!!! Riding a coaster is suppose to bring life, not take it. To me, you haven't lived unless you rode a ton of roller coasters of all brands and types. Whoever thought this up should be shot and sent to 's place. "I don't enforce euthanasia. I do happy dreams instead."
SenseOFone Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 First off, this guy is sick. Purely sick But past that, the coaster looks incredibly boring. If I'm going to have a coaster kill me, I'd want the layout to be fun at least. A super huge drop with a whole bunch of vertical loops, each getting smaller? Meh. Just bring back Geauga Lake's Double Loop. Almost same effect, except you get to walk away from that coaster... with just a massive heache
Blatch Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 Damn! This one creepy project, to say the least, even moreso that this type of coaster can actually be built! Probably by PAX, if I had to take a guess on who would build it. Personally, I'd much rather die from an actual roller coaster accident than a roller coaster that was specifically designed to kill people. I definitely wouldn't go on an actual death machine like that! Even if it was a one-time only special credit, I know I'm safe when the manufacturers say it's not mean't to heart people.
SenseOFone Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 it's not mean't to heart people. I knew we could love coasters, but I believe they are incapable of loving us back
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