A Japanese gravestone manufacturer is going to sell stones with QR codes on them. QR codes are able to store all kinds of info about the deceased—this is a great way to memorialize them at length without taking up too much space on the stone or making it look too wordy. The Underwire reports:
In the future, Ishi no Koe hopes to use this technology to develop a new way to pay respect to the dead that wouldn't require you to actually be at the cemetery in person. The company sees this as an alternative especially fitting for today’s younger generation.
This so reminds me of some of William Gibson's earlier cyberpunk novels where you could upload your brain to the net before you bought the farm.
Posted by: daneeta | March 26, 2008 at 03:59 PM