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  • Development status is exactly "Defunct"

A video panel designed to be installed in a gravestone, which plays video tributes to the deceased person. The system is powered by a battery charged from a solar panel that covers the screen when it is not in use.

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.

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A sound system designed to play music inside a buried coffin. Speakers embedded in the coffin lid (underground) connect to a computer server embedded in the gravestone (above ground), which displays the song that is currently playing on a small…

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A mobile app designed to facilitate a self-guided tour of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, GA. The app displays a map that shows the user's location as determined by GPS plus the location of points of interest within the cemetery. For each point of…

An early attempt to create an experience of "talking" to a deceased person at their gravesite, developed in the mid-1970s. The solar-powered interactive tombstone included an analogue speaker system and, later, a video display, which played…
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