I think this device is designed to provoke a conversation rather than to solve the problem it says it sets out to solve. There is no reason it has to look like a futuristic coffin. Most people breath only through their nostrils and mouth. A simple mask could do the same job this huge contraption is sets out to do. Except you couldn’t exhibit a scuba mask hooked up to a nitrogen tank in a museum. It wouldn’t have the same visual impact and scifi otherworldlyness.
Hmm, interesting. Are you speaking from experience? Because I definitely am. I watched my mother die a very slow, very painful death from cancer several years ago. I can assure you she would be absolutely genuinely happy to get that cellophane hood and that nitrogen cannula. And, having seen what I've seen, I will also take the hood over some very real alternatives in a heartbeat. Playing dress up with this ridiculously futuristic glass coffin toy instead seems somewhat preposterous when you are facing death.
