Cemetery 2.0: networked tombstones

By at 8:14 am Friday, Nov 17

Elliott Malkin has memorialized his great-grandfather with something he calls Cemetery 2.0: a networked tombstone connected to a variety of serialized information resources about his life.
Cemetery 2.0 is a concept for a set of networked devices that connect burial sites to online memorials for the deceased. The prototype, at left, links Hyman Victor's gravestone in Chicago, to his surviving Internet presence, including his:

* Flickr Genealogical Repository
* Facebook Memorial Profile
* Pedigree Resource File (GEDCOM)
* Family Tree of the Jewish People entry (GEDCOM)

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.

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