A crowdsourced online database of cemeteries, graves and memorials. Individual graves are listed with basic biographical details about the deceased person, such as their name, birth date, death date and burial location, as well as photographs of the…
A customised metal plaque that affixes to a gravestone and features a QR code that links to an online memorial page. The memorial pages can display text and photos from the deceased person's life. The company's website has been defunct since 2015.
A business in Nagoya, Japan, that hires out workers to perform maintenance upon a grave. Maintenance tasks include cleaning, tidying, weeding, arranging flowers and lighting incense. The worker live-streams their maintenance so that the customer and…
A business in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that hires out workers to perform maintenance upon a grave. Maintenance tasks include cleaning, tidying, weeding, fertilising and leaving flowers or a wreath. Photos of the freshly maintained grave and other details…
A prototype media installation designed to create the appearance of a stone gravestone with moving imagery on its face. The prototype was made out of a wooden frame and transparent acrylic sheet painted to look like stone, with imagery back-projected…
A website and app operated by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of Hong Kong. Provides a registry of online memorials for people who have been buried, cremated or otherwise interred at a Hong Kong cemetery or columbarium. Each memorial…
A tombstone containing a plaque with a QR code that links to an online memorial page. The memorial page can display photos, videos and personal information about the deceased person.
A tombstone with a large embedded digital display that displays content about the deceased person when approached by a cemetery visitor using proximity sensors. The media content may be scrolling text, video or audio.
An online memorial site and mobile app for families and friends to upload images, videos, obituaries, tribute messages and genealogical information about a deceased person, as well as details about the location of their burial site, which can be used…