A hologram to remember: Pam and Bill’s love story
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
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)
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| 0:38.4 | Hello and welcome to TechLife, the program about technology and the impact it has on all of our lives. |
| 0:45.3 | I'm Shona McCallum. Today we're looking at how it's possible to remember a loved one by recreating their life-like image, expressions and voice using hologram technology. |
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| 1:00.3 | Later on, if you've had a knee operation and have a smart device monitoring your health, |
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| 1:07.2 | They're already tracking step counts. |
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| 1:12.3 | will be well used to opening up their health app |
| 1:14.8 | and seeing their step count. |
| 1:16.7 | And virtual glucose monitoring tech for diabetics |
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