It was always going to be a matter of time before somebody came up with the idea of inventing a machine with the ability to concoct a baby.
Students in BA Product Design at the ArtEZ University of the Arts in the Netherlands have created the “Par-tu-ri-ent”, a concept which imagines the future of pregnancy.
The Par-tu-ri-ent – which resembles a bigger version of those gooey alien egg toy things – is described as acting like an incubator, allowing parents to plug it into the internet, sit back and watch their little one develop.
Complete with a food dispenser, its creators Jasmijn van der Weide, Jeroen van Kempen and Lovisa Minkiwicz also said they have come up with a container to transport the foetus.
The idea, which won a university competition and was presented at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) last week, was developed alongside scientists.
websiteThe aim of the project was to imagine “the possibility to grow and design your child in an external pod” and “open the debate between design, technology and ethics”, according to its .
God forbid we give a way for infertile people to have children without a surrogate
June 27, 2017— This is not normal (@Billthemanhall)
It certainly opened a debate, but Twitter stepped in with several logistical challenges.
You sitting in the movie theater and you remember you left the baby on, now you gotta rush home
June 26, 2017— Trill Dunphy (@incrdblshort)
Phone: "You have 10% battery left" *Unplugs baby to charge phone* https://t.co/0PEfo59neD
June 27, 2017— Derek Dozier (@yaboyD3)
*opens* "he look done to you?……naw, turn him over and put him back in" https://t.co/FofSH5ooFv
June 26, 2017— diehard sixers fan (@dreadcraft_)
Get a little tipsy and knock that bad boy over and now you got triplets https://t.co/gTps33D569
June 27, 2017— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths)
And then the fun police arrived to knock some sense into everyone.
He's trying to grow in peace
June 27, 2017— BABYBOY (@uglynerdloser)
