High-tech in the graveyard

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German mourners can remember their loved ones who've passed away with a new digital tombstone. A battery-operated monitor can display slide-shows, or static photos of the deceased person, and things that were important to them in life. What could be seen as the graveyard answer to the social networking phenomenon, the idea for digital tombstones comes from the Netherlands, and are especially liked by younger cemetery visitors. Joanna Partridge reports.

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