| In Denmark, the dead tell tales.
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Leosghost
msg:4490623 | 11:24 am on Sep 2, 2012 (gmt 0) |
In a Roskilde ( Denmark ) graveyard..
| Nestling amongst the colourful plants and vases is a stone with a chip called a QR (Quick Response) Code. |
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| The QR codes, which cost about 100 euros (£78; $123), are capable of storing audio and video and can help keep the deceased's legacy alive in a creative way. |
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| Nikolai reaches down, scans the QR Code with his phone and instantly the screen fills with a photograph of his grandfather, along with a summary of his life. |
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[bbc.co.uk...]
So Yoric and Hamlet could actually have a "post mortem" conversation..or we could at least hear / read / see Yoric's side of the story..:)
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tbear
msg:4490624 | 11:34 am on Sep 2, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| "It's a good way for my son to remember his grandfather." |
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How cool, I love that!
I hope those marketing folk don't start getting in on the act though.
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Leosghost
msg:4490626 | 11:59 am on Sep 2, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I suspect they already are, when one considers the cost of making a QR code that links to a simple web page, and making the page and hosting the page, ( even with images and a few thousand words of text ) is well under €5.00..( and that , even if one thinks of 10 year hosting, hosting is cheap, it is the bandwidth that costs )and the photo engraving of the QR code on a polished granite stone would not take the total cost price past €10.oo ..
€90.oo gross profit ( before overheads like office space, staff, and marketing, taxes etc etc ) is OK :)
And co-incedentally is around the margins I usually work on for ecommerce :)
Even without linking to a page..You can pack a lot of data into a QR code..
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