After he dies, Christopher Hill plans to speak to his grandchildren,  great grandchildren and even future generations from beyond the grave –  not through a psychic medium or his last will and testament, but through  a microchip.  "I think that when you walk by a gravestone  and only see things like a few words, or a name and a date, it can be  somewhat cold, impersonal, and almost incomplete," the 41-year-old from  Northern Virginia told ABCNews.com. "This gravestone is supposed to tell  the story of a person, and provide you that connection or emotional  remembrance."  With new technology developed by a Phoenix, Ariz. company, he now thinks  that could be a real possibility. Launched by Objecs,  LLC last month, Personal RosettaStones are iPod-sized stone  tablets embedded with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags that  can store up to 1,000 words and a picture. When they're near a mobile  phone equipped with compatible technology, the information in the  microchip is beamed right on to the cell phone screen. Objecs says the  tags, which can be affixed to headstones, can last for up to 3,200  years.  - ABC NEWS


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