Shortly after this picture was taken, this mother-of-two stepped inside the 'suicide pod' - and waited for a robotic voice to tell her... If you want to die, press this button. She didn't hesitate

Shortly after this picture was taken, this mother of two stepped inside the 'suicide pod' - and waited for a robotic voice to tell her... If you want to die, press this button. She didn't hesitate
Sometime during late afternoon on Monday, a 64-year-old woman climbed into a futuristic capsule in remote woodland in Switzerland. What happened next could have come from the set of a dystopian sc-fi movie. Once inside, after being given an access code (valid for 24 hours), the lid silently closed above her and, as she lay on a thin mat similar to a camping mattress, with her head resting on a purple neck cushion, an automated voice proceeded to ask her three questions: 'Who are you?', 'Where are you?' and 'Do you know what happens if you press the button?' Three times the woman - a mother of two from the American midwest - answered correctly. She was then given a final chilling reminder about what would happen if she did press it and that there would be no turning back. 'If you want to die,' the voice informed her, 'press this button.'