SEE: A tech way of remembering our loved ones after their burials
Would you think of using this as a way of remembering your loved ones?
Losing a loved one is never something that is easy. It takes you through a range of emotions and feelings that can be difficult to deal with. Some deal better than others, but when it comes to remembering them, a man in El Salvador has created something innovative.
The putting up of a tombstone is meant to be ceremonial, it's a way of commemorating the life that the person led. But more than that, it is a symbol for the family, for the friends, and everyone who want to pay tribute to their lost loved ones.
Frederick Meza, the creator of the Memorial QR site, has said that this invention is a way of us remembering those we have lost in the way they were in life.
"Cemetery visitors can use their phones to scan the QR code, which links them to a website with a biography of the deceased and photos from their life." (MSN)
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The idea is to remember our dead as they were in life, so that they are not forgotten, to keep their memory alive.
He had a personal motivation with his invention as he lost his aunt who he considered as his second mother.
"She “was like my second mother, she brought me closer to the world of literature to imagine stories,” said Meza, 37, a photojournalist and historian. “That’s why I am paying her this tribute." (MSN)
It is such an innovative way to ensure that a person's life is remembered and reflected in the best way. If you have to think about it, engraving a tombstone is very much like trying to craft the perfect tweet, you want to say so much but you are limited to a certain amount of characters.
It’s like a more eternal tribute to loved ones, which transcends borders, because anyone who has the code can see the story. I hope that people will adapt to this new way of paying tribute, because the QR code is everywhere. It is already part of our daily life.
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