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Archae

(46,324 posts)
Thu May 3, 2012, 12:34 PM May 2012

I figured I'd see this sooner or later. High-tech gravestones.

Would you want this on your grave?
Granted, I wouldn't give a shit anymore, but I wouldn't want this.

CINCINNATI -- Cemeteries are going high-tech in making sure people get their loved one's life story with just a scan from a cellphone.

Amy Matalka died in 2011 after a five-year battle with ovarian cancer. A website allows visitors to learn about her life, which can be accessed from her gravesite by just taking a picture of her marker with a smartphone.

Read more: http://www.wlwt.com/news/30996066/detail.html#ixzz1tpCzvwLZ

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I figured I'd see this sooner or later. High-tech gravestones. (Original Post) Archae May 2012 OP
People will spend fortunes trying to assuage hide their feelings. Scuba May 2012 #1
I liked the ones..... AnneD May 2012 #2
When will we start selling advertising space on headstones. geardaddy May 2012 #3
What'd be better Bruce Wayne May 2012 #5
lol geardaddy May 2012 #7
I want an animatronic manikin of myself dancing on my headstone. Bruce Wayne May 2012 #4
I might have this message... Archae May 2012 #6

geardaddy

(24,926 posts)
3. When will we start selling advertising space on headstones.
Thu May 3, 2012, 12:54 PM
May 2012

Geardaddy

1965-?

Brought to you buy Target.

"Expect More. Pay Less."

Bruce Wayne

(692 posts)
5. What'd be better
Thu May 3, 2012, 12:58 PM
May 2012
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Geardaddy

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And then you'll have Danica Patrick to keep you company in the next life. Not bad.

Bruce Wayne

(692 posts)
4. I want an animatronic manikin of myself dancing on my headstone.
Thu May 3, 2012, 12:56 PM
May 2012

And it can lipsynch to my pre-recorded voice saying things like "I'm probably burning in hell right now" or "Why don't you visit me more often? No wonder I left you out of my will."

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