Aug 5, 2011

QR Codes on Headstones!

Posted by Wendy Weber

You may have seen QR codes, those black and white patterned squares, on magazine ads and on subways…but I’m going to bet you haven’t heard of this one: QR Codes on headstones.

These QR codes are similar to the bar codes found on most products. The digital patterns, when scanned by a smartphone or an iPad with the proper application, connect the user to a website with the person’s written history, photos and videos. The information on the site is provided by the family, and the service is part of the headstone purchase.

They are being called “living headstones.”

The owner of one cemetery said, “Before, you might stand on a grave site and read [the tombstone] and wonder what that person was about. Now you can read their life story. Every life has a story.”

This is direct response at the extreme. To read an article about this that appeared in the Seattle Times, click here.

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