I’m sure he thought 640KB was good enough for all eternity. *rimshot* [Thanks Charles!]
Meet the next-gen grave, or “genesis biopod”, as creator Jack Hokanson calls it. It’s a pod containing the cremated remains inside a dissolvable bag. Mere minutes after being tossed into the waves it dissolves, creating a plaything for curious sea creatures. More »
The phrase “I’ll rest when I’m dead” doesn’t apply to those living in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a small town outside of Barcelona. You see, open land is scarce in the area so the local government has put the dead to work, so to speak, by installing solar panels on the top of their mausoleums. So far, a total of 462 panels produces enough energy to power 60 homes for a year (and 95 percent of the cemetery’s surface area has yet to be utilised). According to a representative from the company that runs the project, “the best tribute we can pay to our ancestors, whatever your religion may be, is to generate clean energy for new generations.” Of course they would say that—but why stop there? Why not dig em’ up and use their bones as a cheap material to create the world’s most macabre wind turbine? [Huffington Post]
While yes, this breakable tombstone is meant for haunted houses and the like, as nothing is scarier than a fist breaking through a tombstone in your direction, I don’t see why the fun needs to end with Halloween. Why not use this as your regular tombstone? Sure, you’ll need to have one of your living relatives build a new one every time it gets punched through, but think of how many people you can convince you’re a ghost! And yes, I have thought this through, thank you very much. [Instructables]
