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RosettaStone, from a company called Objecs, is a granite slab that is equipped with small near-field communication (NFC) to be affixed to your funerary monument of choice. A form of RFID, NFC technology works only at close range -- about an inch or less, to be exact. With it, the RosettaStone passes information about the deceased to properly enabled cell phones (or whatever device our descendants will be using), transmitting photos, a message and a basic biography.
The $225 iPod-sized rock is also inscribed with "life symbols" which convey information about the person without the need for RFID or even a comprehension of earthly languages. These pictographs can identify the deceased as a parent, a husband, a writer, a runner, a Christian, a Muslim, or even a career criminal (illustrated by the silhouette of a man holding onto bars), among plenty of other options.
The NFC technology that allows mourners to access the dead's information by tapping the RosettaStone isn't yet commonplace in the U.S. But, it will likely arrive on cell phones soon, though, but as a key to paying for goods via your handset. [From: Discovery News]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsdaveMar 17th 2010 8:45PM
Theres retards in America that will actually buy crap like that. How Sick !
novadude71Mar 18th 2010 2:41AM
And Dave just where might you be from??
PankyMar 17th 2010 9:24PM
I hope people will learn to spell C-E-M-E-T-E-R-Y
L.Mar 17th 2010 9:46PM
Does sound a little off the wall.....and then just a way to hang on a bit longer to our loved ones. But if you had been there for them growing up, holidays and just fun times....Those happy memories are what it is all about and keeps them alive FOREVER. Passing information from relatives keeps everyone going and together....Hope I am not missing anything here..........Sounds like everyone will become a Historical Marker.....
neeseeMar 17th 2010 10:16PM
It's just another way to gouge people out of money in their time of grief. People will sucker into anything when they have just lost a loved one and there are plenty of scavengers circling around mor than ready to take as much monet as they can. They don't care about your dead mom or child or whoever, it's all about the bejamins.
csi8299Mar 17th 2010 10:52PM
Cool !
AlakattMar 17th 2010 11:49PM
This isn't so new. I had an experience a few years ago at a family cemetary of a famous performer. When you break the eye-beam, his voice is heard singing. Nearly scared the bejeebers out of me. I wasn't expecting that and it was kind of dusky dark and just a little foggy and creepy. It didn't take me long to visit the grave site and get back to other people. I don't think I'll be purchasing a tombstone like that one.
LitaMar 18th 2010 1:06AM
My only question is, what caused your butt cheeks to be naturally spread apart far enough to accommodate a bicycle tire? Just askin'....
Lainee HustonMar 18th 2010 1:59AM
My husband and I signed up for "full body donation". Whatever "stuff" is still in working condition might be helpful to someone else and whatever is left over is cremated and the ashes scattered at sea. That way our children won't have to go through the pain and expense of "putting us to rest".
JLSMar 18th 2010 2:44AM
How incredibly disrespectful! No more rest in peace! I don't think all of my dead relatives would think is so cool. I think they'd say leave us alone to rest in peace. They certainly aren't trying to attract anyone OR deliver loads of information about their lives. What a load of crap this is!
JudyMar 18th 2010 2:46AM
So much for any kind of privacy in death! UGH!