Messages from the Grave

Inventor Robert Barrows of Burlingame, California filed an application for a patent on a remote-controlled, video-equipped tombstone, which can relay a message left by the grave's inhabitant. Stories can be told and computer equipment linked up in the tombstone to the Internet.
Making everlasting Memories (MeM) of Cincinnati, Ohio, features a biography of the deceased, along with writings, images, and a slide show as well as tributes. All of these features are included on a website called LastWishes.com.
The result is that e-mail messages, audio clips, and video clips (made before death) can still be "sent" by the deceased.

Rekha Shetty, "Tomb With a View" AARP Magazine (Nov/Dec 2004)