Posted on 11/22/2010 6:48:29 AM PST by OneVike
There are those who think that for too long the dead have been stuck in the past, and that it is time we allowed them to enter the future. So a team of designers has developed a Blue-tooth-enabled grave stone that will allow friends and relatives to really get in touch with the life that was uncle Joe, aunt Sue, brother Mike or even Ma and Pa Kettle. Those silent moments at grave sites are going to be a lot more enjoyable, as we will now be able to relive the moments that were truly memorable. Thanks to the folks at Yanko Design and Rosetta Stone, there is now the technology to connect the emerging importance of social networking with the traditional form of cemeteries and memorials. Yes this is really the way the future is now heading. The dead will be connected to the living, or at least to all the information the dead left behind.
We've come a long way from the days when humans had to rely on surviving relatives to either chisel the deeds into the stone walls of the caves we lived in for so many years, or pass on the memory of our accomplishments by word of mouth. Heck, if it weren't for those campfire chats at night after our burial, no one would even know we ever existed, let alone remember the things we did. Yup, things sure are going to be different now. No more counting on uncle Ben's memory about that hunting trip when you killed that black bear with with the help of your monster dog, Rover. No sir! Now after we are long dead, we will continue to live in cyberspace by having our relatives interact through key web pages like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. There will be digital photos of that black bear that really got away, and the truth about how big that dog really was.
You see, it will be the information on these sites that will now be stored onto a hard drive implanted into the tomb above your grave. With today's technology, while your loved ones are standing over your resting place, they will be able to use their cell phone or i-Pod to download anything about you they wish to have. Just imagine, as more and more of our lives are spent in the digital realm, it only seems fitting that our memorials follow suit. Fact is, mourners will still be discussing the truth about the lives we led long after we would have been forgotten. You know how they say that once you enter something into the internet, it's there forever? Well, now your relatives will be able to make sure that information they find out about you on the web will be added and updated to the digital library of your E-Tomb, even those embarrassing moments you thought were long forgotten.
Another great thing about E-Tomb is its unique ability to combine a well-recognized, physical symbol with the newly conceived digital minutiae that is rapidly consuming our modern lives. Oh I am sure many will question whether this will be a good thing for society in general, but does it really matter? I mean once you are dead, your life's digital file will be public property. So anyone will be able to access your internet files, and I am sure that Google will make sure of it. Imagine, after you are dead, those who miss you or hate you the most will both be able to turn the life you lived into whatever they so desire, whether it be good or bad. Isn't technology grand?
I think you will find from my article that I really am not a big fan of this, but we do live in the digital world and we are part of it. Now even in our internment we will be part of it.
This is an article about the next generation of tomb stones, the E-Tombs. It is quite interesting when you consider that we live in a digital world, and what goes digitally on line will last forever in cyberspace.
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And so, you can still update you FB page from the grave and creep out your friends and family? ;)
It stores EVERY web page you ever visited. Even by mistake.
That would freak them out...LOL
And in this blog from a grave in Spain: “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead”
It would be kind of fun...hehehe
Would it have enough memory to store all of my FR posts?
No, I wouldn't want to be disturbed. Someone tries to friend me when I'm gone, they'll be directed to my haunting list.
Token Ring was still popular only 20 years ago. I haven’t seen it used in over a decade. MFM hard drives were the standard until about 25 years ago, and it’s been hard to find a computer that can interface with one for over 15 years. VLB was THE interface for high-speed graphics cards, haven’t seen a computer with a VLB bus in over 15 years.
How long do they expect these things to remain usable? Bluetooth? How long is that going to be around?
Great, we will all be getting spammed and there will be nothing we can do about it.
I actually think that this is a neat idea. I wouldn’t mind having one of those when I pop.
People have posed the same question about digital pictures. No more images from the past found on glass negatives.
Monica Lewinski will be so happy to find out.
Or perhaps you meant interment, i.e. burial.
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“now your relatives will be able to make sure that information they find out about you on the web will be added and updated to the digital library of your E-Tomb, even those embarrassing moments you thought were long forgotten.”
Oh great.
That’s funny.
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