May 31, 2011
Technology Brings Digital Memories To Grave Site
npr reports on a Seattle-based company Quiring Monuments that is creating burial markers that include a scannable QR code. Something Japanese cemeteries have been experimenting with since 2008.
The codes can be placed on tombstones so visitors can learn more about the dearly departed, leave messages for their loved ones, and record stories for others who may visit. And all you need is a smartphone and a free app to make it work.
... Another A company in Phoenix has started selling tombstones with RFID tags for digital storytelling.
Read full article.
Related:
-- Last call: Japanese tombs link up with cell phones - Nereaved Japanese will be able to keep in touch with their loved ones beyond the grave by using mobile phones to scan bar-coded tombstones and view photos and other information about the deceased.
-- Japanese Graves Make Mourning Loved Ones Easy - Burial plot prices are skyrocketing in Japanese cities, so one company built a facility that uses RFID technology to help store the dead.
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