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RFID System Brings Urns Up for Viewing

by Darren Murph on August 24, 2008 at 01:30 PM


This one's a bit morbid, but the technology behind it all is actually quite interesting. Japan's own Nichiryoku has evidently created a unique urn retrieval system that enables family members with deceased loved ones to return to a reverent storage facility, swipe an RFID card, and watch their late mother / father / etc. emerge from the underground for viewing. Aside from saving space and money, this also provides mourning kin with a sense of security, as we're told that the urns are kept where even minor acts of God won't disturb them. Check out a demonstrative video just after the break. [From: Ryobo via CScout]

Tags: cremated, cremation, death, grave, graves, japan, Nichiryoku, rfid, urn

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