A hologram to remember: Pam and Bill’s love story

About this episode

Pam Cronrath shares her experience of creating a hologram of her late husband, Bill, for a unique memorial event.

Pam Cronrath tells her deeply personal story of creating a lifelike speaking hologram of her husband, Bill, after he passed away. Pam wanted to honour a promise she'd made to Bill, for a "super wake". And so Bill's hologram appeared in front of two hundred guests at the event, and surprised them with a verbal greeting. Also this week: if you've had a knee operation and have a smart device monitoring your health, the doctor might want to see you now. And virtual glucose monitoring tech for diabetics - with the help of AI. Presenter: Shiona McCallum Producer: Tom Quinn (Image: Pam Cronrath is standing beside the hologram of her husband, Bill. Credit: George Johnsen)

People in this episode

Hosts: Shiona McCallum, Tom Quinn

Guest: Pam Cronrath

Topics covered

• hologram
• grief
• health technology
• AI
• diabetes
• personal story

Keywords

• hologram
• memorial
• health monitoring
• AI
• diabetes
• knee operation
• personal story

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC World Service

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