20/3/2020 The Future of Death?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. The cemetery absorbing enough solar energy to power 60 households: http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1862364,00.html How a local crematorium make good use of excess heat generated by one of their furnaces: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/8917633/A-dead-heat-crematorium-to-sell-power-for-National-Grid.html A robot celebrant undercutting its human competitors: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/23/robot-funerals-priest-launched-softbank-humanoid-robot-pepper-live-streaming ‘Being there’ for a service, wherever you are: https://funeralinnovations.com/home/nfda-2020-virtual-reality-imagined-for-the-funeral-industry/ A flying building, tethered to an asteroid hosting funeral services from space: https://whatson.ae/2017/03/analemma/ 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/ Please share your comments and thoughts below!
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