How we remember our loved ones is changing. While traditional headstones and photo albums still hold meaning, new memorial technologies allow us to preserve, share, and interact with memories in ways that feel more personal, connected, and enduring. Here are five memorial tech options that are shaping the future of remembrance.

1. Living Headstones®

Living Headstones combine engraved headstones with scannable QR codes, linking visitors to a custom digital memorial page. These pages often include life stories, photos, timelines, and guest books. This helps bring context and connection to the physical space of the grave. It’s an easy, low-tech solution that helps memories go beyond names and dates.

2. Legacy.com

Legacy.com is one of the most widely used digital memorial platforms. Families can create tribute pages, share funeral service information, gather condolences, and post memories that live on well beyond a single event. Legacy offers a way to plant a tree in memory of your loved one as well. Legacy also offers integrations with funeral homes and newspapers, making it a comprehensive space for public remembrance.

 

3. Digistone

Digistone offers a modern way to keep memories close, both physically and digitally. We create NFC-enabled memorial keepsakes that link to a personalized digital profile. With a simple tap of your smartphone, you can access that person's memorial—anytime, anywhere.

How It Works:

Each Digi-key contains an NFC chip that you just tap with your phone, and a unique digital page opens instantly.

What You Can Include:

• Photos and videos

• Biographies and life stories

• Voice messages or audio clips

• Important dates and memories

• A timeline of meaningful moments

• Tributes or journal entries from loved ones

Why It Matters:

Digistone lets people connect with memories on their own terms—in private, in quiet moments, in everyday life. Whether you’re holding a pendant, visiting a memorial table, or simply tapping a keepsake on your keyring, the story is always there. We believe remembrance should be simple, beautiful, and always close by.

4. Vivid Stream

Vivid Stream is a professional family business that offers a friendly and straightforward approach to funeral livestreaming. Their aim is to make these difficult situations easier. So, no matter the circumstance, friends and family can still experience the service and say goodbye, no matter where they are in the world.

5. Qeepsake

Qeepsake is a memory journaling platform that helps families capture and preserve life’s everyday moments. Through short text-message prompts, it asks simple questions—about milestones, thoughts, and routines—that build up into a private digital memory journal (or printed book).

While it’s especially popular for recording a child’s early years, many people use Qeepsake to preserve stories from aging relatives, final chapters of life, or multigenerational family wisdom.

Final Thoughts

Memorial technology doesn't replace tradition—it expands it. These tools give us new ways to hold on, to share stories, and to remember more fully. Whether it's a headstone with a scannable code or a pocket-sized keepsake that links to a digital memorial, these options meet us where we are—on our phones, in our hands, and in our hearts.