[JAPAN][TECH] Hi-tech tombstones in Japan

May 11, 2008 by KNDY

Mainichi Daily News reported, “A gravestone manufacturer here is helping bereaved families remember their loved ones with a touch of technology — mobile phone QR codes on tombstones that link to photographs and video clips of the deceased.”

“The tombstones are being sold by stone processing company Ishinokoe. Behind doors on the tombstone that can be locked is a QR code — a square code read by mobile phones that can link to Web addresses. Grave visitors can use the code to access images and photographs of the person while they were alive.”