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A message from beyond the grave
New Scientist reports this week that Robert Barrows, of California (where else), has filed a patent application for a grave headstone with an LCD touch screen, that has an internal computer designed to broadcast messages from the deceased.
It draws electricity from the lighting system at the cemetery.
We’re improvising now, but we assume that in the future we’ll all be recording messages such as: ‘Oi! Watch where you’re walking’; ‘Call that a bunch of flowers?’ and ‘OK, you can let me out now!’ Or maybe that’s just us.
Combine this with the recent Webcam thread, and you have the opportunity to watch your loved ones decompose, but without the smell.
Posted by :Andrew Carpenter | September 12, 2004 2:48 PM