MetroWorld’s first ‘artificial womb facility’ is creepy glimpse of pregnancy in the futureshare World’s first ‘artificial womb facility’ is glimpse of pregnancy in the futureThis is the world’s first artificial womb facility – and it lets you choose baby’s characteristics from a menu. EctoLife, able to grow 30,000 babies a year, is said to be based on over fifty years of groundbreaking scientific research. The concept is the brainchild of Berlin-based Hashem Al-Ghaili, a biotechnologist and science communicator.