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High Tech Tombstones

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2013-07-11 19:18 in General Discussion
What do you want on your Tombstone? Pepperoni & mushrooms or a QR code?

Seems like a bit of a stretch to me, but different strokes...

http://www.electronicproducts.com/Computer_Systems/Standalone_Mobile/High-tech_tombstones_allow_deceased_to_live_forever_virtually.aspx

Comments

  • whickerwhicker Posts: 749
    edited 2013-07-10 14:24
    QR code is adhered in the form of a square black box...
    ugh. short term profit.

    newspaper obituaries will last longer, and are cheaper (usually).
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2013-07-10 14:30
    I like the phrase "a lifetime subscription is $149.99". Now, how exactly does that work for a dead person?
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,566
    edited 2013-07-10 15:02
    If your going to go all out, then go all out ... pun intended.

    Picture this: an Acrylic tombstone equipped with solar panels in the acrylic to interactively "power-up" anything else you can think of to entomb within the acrylic. Not some silly QR code that is a technology fad.
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2013-07-10 21:16
    A local ham in LA whom died on a ARDF hunt ( went off a cliff ) . Some one I knew put a MSP 430 and a small solar cell along with a 50uW 2Meter Tx to once a day put out his call .\, all in sealed lucite In his head stone.. box was like 9V batt sized ...rage was about 30 feet as the ant was a dinky loop in the box ....... nooo way that has any gain ! .

    Peter
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2013-07-11 18:04
    That's literally getting scanned at the checkout!
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-07-11 19:18
    Peter KG6LSE wrote: »
    ... 50uW 2Meter Tx to once a day put out his call .\, all in sealed lucite In his head stone.. box was like 9V batt sized ...range was about 30 feet as the ant was a dinky loop in the box ....... nooo way that has any gain !

    HE hears the call just fine, 50 uW or not! :)
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