You’ve seen them on ads, you’ve seen them on packaging. You may have even scanned one using your smart phone to find out more about a product or service.
But how about scanning a quick response code to find out more about someone who’s passed on?
USA Today reports that QR codes are beginning to show up in just about every area of our world–even cemetaries.
When Edouard Garneau died last August, his wife of 53 years ordered a bench-style tombstone.
“I go and talk with him,” said Faye Garneau, who admits she isn’t so sure she likes that her own name is already inscribed there, too.
That wasn’t all: Several months later, the monument maker added a high-tech innovation — a small, square image known as a quick response or QR code, affixed alongside the big letters spelling out Garneau.
The monument maker — a friend — was working on the code before Garneau died of cancer at age 78.
People scanning the code with their smartphones are taken to a website that includes Garneau’s obituary and a photo gallery highlighting the Seattle-area businessman. They learn he was a collision auto body repair expert, a world traveler and a loving uncle. In the future, more photos and stories from family and friends can be added.
I think it’s a neat deal,” Faye Garneau said. “It kind of keeps people alive a little longer, down through the generations.”
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