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Sad but true: another corpse-in-car story. A man is believed to have absconded with his elderly mother's embalmed body, and be on the run with it somewhere in the UK. Oh, and she died in September. More »
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Meet Kotoko Sato. She's a makeup artist whose clients have very special needs, though they never express them. Sato teamed up with Japanese cosmetics firm Falf Inc. to market Delfino: Beauty products for the dead. Delfino cosmetics contain silver compounds and titanium dioxide, chemicals that have antibacterial properties. That way, people are protected from infection when they touch a corpse. Morticians, funeral home workers and nurses are interested in Delfino, which retails at around $620 a set. (A little too spendy to try on these stubborn under-eye circles, sigh.) Anyway: "The bereaved families remember the faces of the departed for a long time. So I want them to look good," explains Sato. "I am pleased when the family of the deceased says the person looks like they are sleeping." [InventorSpot] More »
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