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Establish a business that offers services to living customersEditor’s note:
that would only be implemented after their death. The The dead author
company would execute wills, maintain trusts or charitable Virginia Andrews
donations, as well as undertaking more unusual services publishes a new book
such as sending pre-prepared emails, birthday or Christmas every year, proving
greetings on behalf of the customer. Uniquely, the company the point that the truth
would offer people a virtual afterlife as specialist staff is stranger than even
her psychotic fiction.
35wouldbetrainedtomaintaincorrespondencewithfriendsor
companies in the style of the individual. A newspaper

columnist, for example, could even continue to work and

draw a salary after their death, with the new business and

the deceased’s estate splitting the income.

David Owen
24 September 2000

Manufacture LED display signs for use on the top or rear
of cars that would be similar to those used by the police.
Drivers could activate messages such as STOP or
DANGER AHEAD from preset buttons on the dashboard. A
voice-activated override would allow live streaming,

36which would be a great aid to motorists in convoy. The
technology may also inspire a new craze for bumper

stickers – only this time around, witticisms such as

‘Babe on Board’ or ‘Not Daddy’s Car’ could be improvised.

Bill Bungay
25 September 2000