Technology Too Far? 'Coffin of the Future' Has Live Facebook Feed
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In a vision of the funeral of the future, Perfect Choice, a funeral planning company, has forecast the technology of integrated iPads, LED lights and built-in speakers (that will broadcast your eulogy from INSIDE the coffin) will become commonplace in the all too near future.
The Gloucester based funeral company, which already specialises in eco-funerals and other pioneering developments in the undertaking industry, promises a memorial slideshow to commemorate those good times alongside a live social media feed designed for all those tributes that come pouring in during the big event.
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Unfortunately this isn't the first creepy new instalment for your consignment to the grave. In 2014 Cremation Solutions announced their capability for 3D-printed urns that take the shape of your head in one of the most nightmarish effigies you can imagine. I mean, look at their prototype of Barack Obama:
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Or this guy, who decided it would be a touching tribute to be buried astride his beloved Harley Davidson and be paraded around the streets in a huge plexi-glass box on his way to the cemetery:
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Jeez. Maybe if this guy had had more of a life then he wouldn't have been so concerned with his death. Anyhow, if social media caskets with disco lights and sub-woofers are the way forward, then stop the world, I want to get off.
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Technology Too Far? 'Coffin of the Future' Has Live Facebook Feed
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