The Gadgets Page

This article from MSN talks about the recent occurrence of people being buried with their cell phones or iPods.

• Bury me with my cell phone – Computers- msnbc.com

The funeral directors have noticed this trend, even during the funerals:

“We had a young man die this past summer and they put his cell phone in the casket for the viewing and it rang constantly,” he says. “It was turned to silent, but you could see the phone light up so you knew people were calling. And they were leaving messages. They knew he was dead, but they were still calling.”

Here is the story of a woman who buried her husband with his cell phone and printed his number on his gravestone:

I like the idea of an iPod being buried with a loved one with photos, music and the person’s favorite videos. It’s like a time capsule for the grave robbers of the future. Just like we were able to learn about the life of King Tut from the treasures he was buried with, a full iPod of cherished songs and videos, photos and journal entries, can tell anthropologists about the life of our loved ones.

Unfortunately, I doubt the anthropologists of the future would see such a thing. Grave robbers are still alive today. The iPod would be pilfered by the funeral home staff or graveyard staff far before the historians would get a chance to look at it, and honestly, that’s a better future for an iPod. Being trapped in a coffin with the soup that our bodies eventually become is not the best environment for electronics.