MSNBC reports that people are asking to be buried with their cell phones, Blackberries and Gameboys:
"'It seems that everyone under 40 who dies takes their cell phone with them,' says Noelle Potvin, family service counselor for Hollywood Forever, a funeral home and cemetery in Hollywood, Calif. 'It’s a trend with BlackBerrys, too. We even had one guy who was buried with his Game Boy.' Anecdotal evidence suggests being buried with a favorite tech device is on the upswing. The Future Laboratory, a London-based think tank, commented on the behavior, noting it in places like the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa."
“Leopards break into the temple and drink the sacrificial chalices dry; this occurs repeatedly, again and again; finally it can be reckoned upon beforehand and becomes part of the ceremony.”
long-lasting batteries/wireless recharge... GPS corpse coordinates, permanent music playlists, automatic status update schedules for dead people... one might advertise on dead people with functional mobile devices. spectrometer for death gasses--the readings could alter the behavior of the mobile device... grab the leopard by the tail, death could become more like sending a robotic probe to mars! I love your blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks! - I'm not sure whether death is becoming a hazy concept for people, or whether tech gadgets are now our security blankets, or both.
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