Tag: GRAVES

Hyperspectral imaging might sound like a fanciful process dreamed up by the creator of a crappy sci-fi film, but it is, in fact, a very real and surprisingly simple technology that analyzes light from across the spectrum. Using ultraviolet and infrared rays, scientists have found that specialized cameras can actually help locate unmarked graves, and could potentially aid missing persons ...

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, ...