My Mom just moved into assisted living (she has late stage Alzheimer) and my brother, sister and I are cleaning out her house. Of course there is a lot of sentimental stuff and some of that comes from my grandparents house. We divided up what we wanted and then used technology to do the rest - we took pictures of things and sent them to all of our relatives asking what they wanted. A quick snap with the iPhone and posting to Flickr and we had a quick gallery of stuff that could easily be emailed out to family to see if they wanted anything.
We are getting pretty sick of going through all of this stuff and without technology I am sure we would have just thrown away or sold the stuff we didn't want.
Think how technology will allow us to do this task when my kids are cleaning out my house? Digitally tagging items each kid wants. 3D pictures and interactions. What other interesting technologies will make the job of cleaning out your parents house easier? It sure is a pain in the neck today - you struggle between wanting to throw things out and remembering the sentimental value of stuff that just cannot fit into your house. Ahh, now I understand why the storage business does a thriving business and probably will in the future.
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