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Peel-and-stick RFID device adds wireless connection to new and existing headstones
Back in July, The Barcode News interviewed John Bottorff, General Manager at Objecs about the Company's exciting use of RFID technology in headstones. Earlier this week Objecs announced a new product. The 56mm diameter stone disk, item number D106, is the first RosettaStone product that can be applied directly by the consumer; no professional installation required.
The Personal RosettaStone is a small tablet mounted on a headstone that uses a microchip to archive a person's life history so that anyone with a smartphone can access it. The RosettaStone ties a person's life story to their memorial, monument or landmark using a data file. The data file is created by the stone's owner and is archived using Objecs proprietary data survival process called 'Push Distributed Archiving' (PDA), which has the ability to survive data files even beyond the existence of the company itself.
"The year 2010 is a historical time in our industry that marks the first use of true wireless technology with memorial markers," said John Bottorff, Objecs General Manager. "To put the concept in perspective, adding even a simple epitaph beyond the traditional name and date to a grave stone is easily north of $200 USD. In contrast, most RosettaStone products can preserve a short genealogical record of over 1000 words of text and a photo at the same price point."
The product's wireless capabilities are made possible by using both existing and emerging technologies. The Touch-to-Stone technology allows a passerby to access the stone's data by touching compatible cell phone to the stone. This wireless functionality is achieved by embedding a Near Field Communications-Radio Frequency Identification (NFC-RFID) microchip inside of the granite disk. NFC enabled handsets are not yet standard in the US, but users can access the same data file manually by using an existing Internet enabled mobile device.
The RosettaStone disk D106 will be available November 1, 2010 to Funeral Directors and industry professionals. Local distribution points include United States, Australia and South America.
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