QR Coded Tombstones Link to Loved Ones

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cell Phones, Misc. Tech

If you live in Japan and want to remember a loved one in a special way, the stone processing company Ishinokoe will install cell phone QR codes inside a lockable tombstone door. The family member can then link it to videos and images of the deceased on Websites. When visitors to the site see the code, they can access them, too. They can also view a greeting from the chief mourner, check out the guest book, and note on it that they were there using their cell phones. The cost of the QR code is about ¥200,000 (~$1,935.00.)

Read More | Mainichi News

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Virtual Graveyard Features Deceased From MySpace

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Editorial, Internet, Misc. Tech

Mike Patterson, a 26 year-old paralegal from San Francisco, wondered what happened to two recently killed teens who had pages on MySpace. That incident led into his creating a living journal online with publicly available information which he decided to call MyDeathSpace . Anyone with a computer can submit an obituary or remembrance for a loved one, which already lists over 2,700 dearly departed and gets over 100,000 hits a day.

The site has received so much publicity that the server has gone down several times but it seems to be stabilized now. If you would like to add your own virtual comments about someone you loved or would like details of its “members,” we suggest you do so remembering that we believe the viewpoint is a tribute to those deceased.

Read More | CNN

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