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06/09/2012
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New Interactive Headstones Unveiled
Traditional graveyards are being transformed through technology with interactive headstones providing a revolutionary way for people to remember loved ones.
Quick Response (QR) codes on gravestones can be scanned by smartphones to open up online biographies of the dead person.
The related webpage can show profiles of the person, pictures, videos and tributes from family and friends.
The funeral directors Chester Pearce of Poole, Dorset, which is using the technology, said the QR barcodes enabled visitors to learn all about the person buried, rather than being limited to a name, age and date of birth and death.
The £300 codes are etched on to a small granite or metal square before being embedded or glued on to a gravestone.
Postman Bitten For 18th Time
A Fife postman has hit out at pet owners after being bitten by a dog for the 18th time in his 20-year career.
Garry Haldane needed treatment after being bitten by a German Shepherd while on his rounds in Dunfermline.
He said it was "not acceptable" for postal workers to be subjected to animal attacks. A 51-year-old man has been cautioned and charged.
Camper Van Death Caused By Barbeque
An inquest has heard how a 22-year-old man died from the inhalation of fumes from a barbecue he had used inside his camper van.
Nicholas Holmes was staying on his own at the Hollands Wood campsite at Brockenhurst in the New Forest, Hampshire, at the end of May.
A police officer found his body on 1 June and a used disposable barbecue was found in the rear of the closed van.
A verdict of accidental death was recorded at an inquest in Southampton.
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Traditional graveyards are being transformed through technology with interactive headstones providing a revolutionary way for people to remember loved ones.
Quick Response (QR) codes on gravestones can be scanned by smartphones to open up online biographies of the dead person.
The related webpage can show profiles of the person, pictures, videos and tributes from family and friends.
The funeral directors Chester Pearce of Poole, Dorset, which is using the technology, said the QR barcodes enabled visitors to learn all about the person buried, rather than being limited to a name, age and date of birth and death.
The £300 codes are etched on to a small granite or metal square before being embedded or glued on to a gravestone.
Postman Bitten For 18th Time
A Fife postman has hit out at pet owners after being bitten by a dog for the 18th time in his 20-year career.
Garry Haldane needed treatment after being bitten by a German Shepherd while on his rounds in Dunfermline.
He said it was "not acceptable" for postal workers to be subjected to animal attacks. A 51-year-old man has been cautioned and charged.
Camper Van Death Caused By Barbeque
An inquest has heard how a 22-year-old man died from the inhalation of fumes from a barbecue he had used inside his camper van.
Nicholas Holmes was staying on his own at the Hollands Wood campsite at Brockenhurst in the New Forest, Hampshire, at the end of May.
A police officer found his body on 1 June and a used disposable barbecue was found in the rear of the closed van.
A verdict of accidental death was recorded at an inquest in Southampton.
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