A historic Slovenia cemetery is now installing tombstones with interactive digital screens. The 48-inch interactive screens display pictures, videos, and other information relevant to the deceased person. Reportedly, the screens cost over $3,100 and have sensors that only illuminate the screen when they are being viewed, allowing them to save energy and blend in with the rest of the tombstones. So, is the world ready for technological life stories of the dead? As times change, burial traditions will strive to keep up with the technology, even if its users are not around to see the results.
See Erin Blakemore, Digital Tombstone Brings the Dead Back to Life, Smithsonian.com, April 13, 2017.
Special thanks to Vickie Sutton (Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.
