Archive for the ‘Funeral Industry’ Category
The Value-added Tombstone
22, May 2011What’s the next best thing to placing flowers on your loved one’s grave marker? Teddy bears? Mylar balloons? Thanks to technology, those items are now passe. The latest way for you to pay your respects is via the QR code. The what?? A recent article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press discusses how Rochester (MN)-based [...]
The Bereaved Consumer’s Bill of Rights Act of 2011
20, Mar 2011We’ve seen some pretty nasty cemetery abuses in recent months, from Burr Oak to Arlington. Nancy in Texas tipped off the Death Reference Desk about a new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that will hopefully prevent some anguish and anger in the not-quite-as-horrifically-egregious-as-outright-corpse-abuse-scandal arena but the still important — and affecting many more [...]
Webcasting Killed the Funeral Star
30, Jan 2011For the Funeral Too Distant, Mourners Gather on the Web Laura M. Holson, The New York Times (January 25, 2011) Webcast funerals reach more friends and family members and reflect the fact that people are living more and more online. In January 2010, Meg posted some articles and a video about webcasting funeral services. Now, [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Technology|Death + the Web|Funeral Industry
- Tags: funerals, video, webcasting
Coffin Making: Now with Barcodes and Touch Screens
10, Dec 2010Bringing the Coffin Industry Back From the Dead How barcodes and touch screens are resuscitating a casket factory Ben Austen, The Atlantic (December 2010) Modern, industrial casket making is a manufacturing business like any other, but for the fact that most people never think about modern, industrial casket making. The above article in The Atlantic [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Technology|Death + the Economy|Funeral Industry
- Tags: coffins, funerals
Crematorium to Keep Mourners Warm by Burning Bodies of Loved Ones The Daily Mail (January 08, 2008) Heat created by burning the dead at crematoria could be used to keep mourners warm under plans to make funerals more environmentally-friendly. Eco-Death Articles and Information Put Together by The Death Reference Desk Cadaver Team (Meg, Kim, and [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Cremation|Death + Technology|Eco-Death|Funeral Industry
- Tags: cremains, green burial, lecture