Tombstones Connected to Internet

Sarah Mirk, Tombstone 2.0, The Stranger (Seattle), Nov. 17, 2006, reports that Hyman Victor’s tombstone is connected to the Internet so that visitors may access genealogy sites, his Flikr pictures, and his Facebook profile.

As further explained in Elliott Malkin, Cemetery 2.0, March 2006,

The Cemetery 2.0 device maintains a live satellite Internet connection. Visitors to the physical memorial can view related memorials on the device display, while visitors paying their respects at any of the online memorials will recognize that their browsing is associated directly with the actual burial site.