Category: Odd + Funny Author : Duncan Riley Posted: January 27, 2009
Tags : Japan, tomb barcodes
Want to reach out to the dead? In Japan, it’s now possible.
Japanese are now able to keep in touch with their loved ones by using mobile phones to scan bar-coded tombstones and view photos and other information about the deceased.
Ishinokoe, a Japanese tombstone maker, places the codes behind lockable stone doors on the tomb so only relatives with a key can scan them.
According to reports, the idea was to create a tomb that would not just be a site for storing the remains of a person, but a place to honor the deceased.
The tomb stones cost around 1 million yen ($10,000).
(via Weird Asian News)
Jan 27, 2009
It is good that somebody was able to make this kind of invention. It is very unique and i love the idea. It is good that everytime we visit our loved ones who passed away, we can still see and remember the good things that they have given when they are still alive.
Jan 29, 2009
Those are actually QR codes, not barcodes. Similar premise, more information.
Feb 2, 2009
They should make an online game where you can play as your dead relatives and interact with other people's dead relatives.
Feb 6, 2009
They're not bar codes, they're QR-Codes. Very different and much more advanced.
Feb 9, 2009
QR codes are an advanced form of a bar code. The main feature is that someone can use their phone and decode a QR code if they have the proper software. Another amazing feature is that only about 80% of the code needs to be readable for the code to work. These codes have taken off but not as much in America.