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QR code tombstones will solve cemetery challenges, says Funeral Association

04/11/201704/07/2017 John Montgallo

The Chinese group says quick response codes will fix issues relating to natural resources and environmental degradation. The China Funeral Association says QR code tombstones are the key to overcoming several problems relating to memorializing the deceased. Traditional grave marker production is rapidly depleting natural resources while they hack away at the natural environment. Experts from the association say quick response codes can solve the problems linked to gravestone production. “In modern times, people should commemorate their deceased loved ones in modern ways,” said Wang Yanzhen, the China Funeral Association…

QR codes make new Swedish burial trend

11/18/201511/16/2015 Julie Campbell

It is becoming commonplace to add quick response codes to tombstones in order to digitally memorialize the dead. Among the latest trends to make its way into Sweden is one that isn’t being talked about all that much but that has been growing at a considerable rate and involves the use of QR codes on tombstones in order to make it possible for friends and family to memorialize their deceased loved ones, online. Among the funeral services companies currently offering the digital memorials is Sveriges Begravningsbyråers Förbund (SBF). There has…

QR codes on gravestones generate controversy in France

04/09/201504/08/2015 Julie Campbell

An argument has arisen with regards to who can give the nod to quick response codes on grave markers. As the trend of using QR codes on gravestones in order to make it possible to provide visitors to cemeteries with an opportunity to learn more about the people who are buried there, has reached a French community of almost 100,000 people, located near Belgium, called Tourcoing, and this technology has brought a great deal of controversy along with it. At the start of the arguments has been who actually has…

QR codes are headed to gravestones in Somerset, England town

02/17/201502/14/2015 John Montgallo

Burnham-On-Sea has permitted the use of quick response codes on grave markers in its three cemeteries. Counselors in Burnham-On-Sea recently gathered and gave their approval for the use of QR codes on gravestones in the cemeteries that are located in the town, in order to allow for a more modern experience for memorializing the deceased. These quick response codes will be added to gravestones for the first time at the three Burnham and Highbridge cemeteries. These QR codes will give visitors to the cemeteries the opportunity to be able to…

QR codes added to Minnesota company’s headstones

01/23/201501/20/2015 Stephanie Beck

This new high tech cemetery is hoping to create an enhanced way to memorialize those who have passed away. There is a trend that has been starting to grow in cemeteries throughout the world, which has involved the use of QR codes on headstones in order to be able to better memorialize those who have died and who are buried on their grounds. This trend has made its way into Minnesota, where a cemetery is now offering this feature to its customers. The point to adding the QR codes to…