Archive for the ‘Death + Technology’ Category
Texas Prisoner Burials Are a Gentle Touch in a Punitive System Manny Fernandez, New York Times (January 05, 2012) At a cemetery in Texas, murderers and other convicts whose bodies are unclaimed can be interred and, for a few moments, remembered. A really interesting article on the cemetery used by Texas prison officials for unclaimed [...]
More Americans Choosing Cremation to Save Money
11, Dec 2011In Tough Times, a Boom in Cremations as a Way to Save Money Kevin Sack, The New York Times (December 09, 2011) If current American trends hold, in 2017, more bodies will be cremated than buried, and funeral directors say the cost is a major factor in the decision. When the Death Reference Desk started [...]
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- In: Cremation|Death + Technology|Death + the Economy|Eco-Death
- Tags: bio-cremation, cremains, funerals, green burial
Virtual Graves for Armistice Day
11, Nov 2011How to visit a Virtual Grave Alison Winward, The Guardian (November 10, 2010) Armistice Day Marked Around the World – In Pictures The Guardian (November 11, 2011) The War Graves Photographic Project Commonwealth War Graves Commission A quick post for Armistice Day (in the UK), Veterans Day (in the US) and Remembrance Day (in Canada). [...]
Cryopreserve Me into the FUTURE!
20, Aug 2011In Pictures: Frozen in Time Photographer Murray Ballard catalogues the world of cryonics, which involves freezing a dead person’s body in liquid nitrogen until technology has advanced enough to bring them back to life. Photographer Murray Ballard’s Best Shot ‘This is a cryonics lab. Four whole bodies can be frozen in each vat. But just [...]
Soylent Green is Dead Bodies Eaten by Mushrooms
17, Aug 2011Green Burial Project Developing Corpse-Eating Mushrooms Paul Ridden, gizmag.com (July 29, 2011) The Infinity Burial Project Jae Rhim Lee Every once in a while I come across a new-dead-body-disposal-concept which I really like. Indeed, I really wish that I had tons of excess cash so that I could start my own dead body technology R&D [...]