Arrogance of Man will Dangle from a tiny Wire….

I ran across the article posted below and a feeling welled up inside me. A feeling like a great sad wave of confusion… A question: Why is mankind so stupid? Why does mankind think that their ideas, projects and temporary fixes will last forever??? Why in the hell, on the brink of environmental catastrophe and war, does mankind think that anything like the article below would be a good idea? Now we really will “never find the bodies”…

I’m not sure I want to accept a world where a simple memorial; something as simple as a stone in a certain place, can be replaced by some satellite in space that tells you where it thinks your loved one may be. Despite the cries of a million retail store employees, mankind still – Still! – thinks that their new toys are perfect… “Oh, that update will be done soon, just hang on…”

In a world where GPS leads you into lakes. In a world where computer glitches cause massive information leaks. In a world where a cash register going down can cost a major retail chain a million dollars. Here’s the article that sparked my thought and please, if you decide to bury your loved ones in the ground… spring for a tombstone of some sort, consider the subdivision builders 50 years in the future…

Could this be the end of gravestones? Sat-nav cemetery will use GPS to mark where your loved ones are buried

  • Acacia Remembrance Sanctuary will not feature any gravestones
  • Instead burial plots within wooded brushland will be marked with GPS
  • The designers hope to build the first on a 25 acre site outside Sydney
  • They say it could help make cemeteries a more pleasant place to visit 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3616126/Is-end-gravestones-Sat-nav-cemetery-use-GPS-coordinates-mark-loved-ones-buried.html#ixzz4A8qckdPO
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Rows of polished granite and marble have marked the final resting places of the dead for generations.

But grieving friends and family could soon find themselves plugging in a series of GPS coordinates rather than searching the inscriptions on headstones to find the graves of their lost loved ones.

A new type of cemetery, which marks graves only with GPS, has been designed by a group of architects who are hoping to build one on the outskirts of Sydney and London.

The Acacia Remembrance Sanctuary, which is to be built on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia, will replace gravestones with GPS coordinates (artist’s impression). Visiting family members will be guided to the site where their loved ones are buried using satellite navigation, removing the need for unsightly headstones

The Acacia Remembrance Sanctuary aims to move away from the tradition of cluttered cemeteries, lined with rows of crumbling gravestones and decaying flowers.

Instead, they want to inter the dead in a kind of nature sanctuary, where visitors will wind their way through trees and wildlife to a spot that has been allocated to their loved one.

Landscaped gardens and running water will be used to create a sense of calm while an open air pavilion will provide a space where ceremonies can be conducted.

Sydney-based architects Chrofi, said in a statement to architecture magazine Dezeen: ‘The first of its kind in Australia, the memorialisation becomes the retention and protection of this unique bush ecology where GPS technology is used to locate the resting place of loved ones.’

The cemetery, which is a combined project between Chrofi and Australian based landscapers McGregor Coxall, is aimed at challenging traditional views of how we deal with death.

The team behind it said they wanted to provide a space where Austrians of any faith could be buried.

 

They are working with the Zinnia Group to build the first such cemetery on a 25 acre patch of protected bushland in the Cumberland woods just outside Sydney.
It will include an elevated walkway from the carpark which will lead to a walled garden.
The garden itself will be lined with water features and a landscaped courtyard before leading to the lightly wooded burial site.
Cemeteries of tomorrow? Headstones replaced by GPS coordinates

Here visitors will follow GPS coordinartes to find the burial plot for their loved ones.
Philip Coxall, director of McGregor Coxall, said: ‘This project is about changing how we celebrate death.
‘For me, I think Australia is mature enough to respond to a project of this nature.’
The team behind the cemetery said they hoped they would be able to build similar sites in other locations around the world, including London.
The approach of using GPS instead of gravestones could also help to overcome problems with overcrowding that has seen some graves dug up to make room for new occupants.
Many families face years of paying rent to keep their loved ones on a plot long after they have been buried.
Speaking to the Times, John Choi, director of Chrofi, added: ‘There’s a huge gap between what people want nowadays and what has traditionally been made available.
‘This project will challenge what a cemetery can be, how we interact with and deal with death, and how we celebrate our loved ones.’
Finding the graves of loved ones can be challenging, especially in the regimented lines of military cemeteries (Serre Road Cemetery in France, pictured) but the Acacia Remembrance Sanctuary aims to provide a space where people of all faiths can be buried in a far more natural environment
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Finding the graves of loved ones can be challenging, especially in the regimented lines of military cemeteries (Serre Road Cemetery in France, pictured) but the Acacia Remembrance Sanctuary aims to provide a space where people of all faiths can be buried in a far more natural environment

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3616126/Is-end-gravestones-Sat-nav-cemetery-use-GPS-coordinates-mark-loved-ones-buried.html#ixzz4A8rnJrke
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