Video diary from beyond the grave by fixing screens to tombstones

[krsna]

Video diary from beyond the grave

 

 

Will tombstones like these soon contain video screens?

A US inventor has come up with a hi-tech way of allowing the deceased to talk from beyond the grave - by fixing video screens to their tombstones.

Robert Barrows says people could leave video messages before they died, to be played to friends, loved ones or the just plain curious from the grave side.

 

He told the BBC that messages could include telling life stories or having the final say on a disagreement.

 

It could also be a money-making enterprise for cemeteries, he added.

 

Mr Barrows, of Burlingame, California, has filed a patent application for his design of a tombstone that can accommodate video equipment operated by a remote control.

 

"You can go from grave to grave and click on anything that person wanted to say before they died," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

 

Messages could include telling your side of the story, making amends or saying "sweet things to loved ones", he added.

 

'Showbusiness'

 

Mr Barrows said it would be a far more "dramatic" way of communicating from beyond the grave, than leaving a videotaped message to be played at home.

 

"There's no business like showbusiness," he told Today. "Imagine how interesting it would to go to tombstones where you didn't know the person, or historical tombstones to find out what someone had to say..."

 

He said computer equipment could also be installed in the tombstone that connected up to the internet, enabling people to programme their messages to be delivered long after they have died.

 

 

The tombstone could be coin-operated or swiped with a credit card. "Cemeteries could basically one day charge fees to rent the headsets you need to listen to [the messages]," he added.

 

 

[Kulapavana]

this is pretty strange stuff, but I'm sure it will fly in Hollywood. Folks there are very, very vain... /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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He will make big buckaroos. I want stock. Bored with TV? With the net? Just take a walk down to the local graveyard and don't forget the popcorn. Of course they will have venders show up to sell food anyway.

 

Some people would become obsessed with it and be there all day every day. Quarter a headstone, like a vending machine. or but a pass at the office for unlimited viewing for the frequent visitor.

 

This could be mega-huge. Just think of the people using it as a chance to tell off their in-laws or greedy kids. The idea's are endless. Devotees could set up screens to preach even after they are gone.

 

Uproarious!!! I want one on my cremation pot.

[Kulapavana]

"Devotees could set up screens to preach even after they are gone"

 

that is what books are for... /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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