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A positive perspective on the subject of death.

20/3/2020

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The Future of Death?

 
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Death may be old as life itself, but how we deal with it, how we fight it, and how we may one day defeat it; can change. Here are some of the more interesting articles I’ve found on the subjects of death and the future.

Tantalising glimpses of amazing things awaiting us?
Or crackpot daydreams?

​Let me know your thoughts.
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The cemetery absorbing enough solar energy to power 60 households:

http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1862364,00.html
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How a local crematorium make good use of excess heat generated by one of their furnaces:
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/8917633/A-dead-heat-crematorium-to-sell-power-for-National-Grid.html
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A robot celebrant undercutting its human competitors:
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/23/robot-funerals-priest-launched-softbank-humanoid-robot-pepper-live-streaming
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‘Being there’ for a service, wherever you are:

https://funeralinnovations.com/home/nfda-2020-virtual-reality-imagined-for-the-funeral-industry/​
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A flying building, tethered to an asteroid hosting funeral services from space:

https://whatson.ae/2017/03/analemma/
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In the future, being dead might not excuse you from attending a service. Even your own!

​https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/6854126/human-immortality-robot-funeral-sex-body-brain-computer/
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    Join me on a journey to learn more about the end of life, death, and funerals; all from a positive perspective. Every two weeks, a new post will explore this important life-stage; asking what we can learn from those going before us, and how we can apply that knowledge to better our lives.

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