BlessU-2,which delivers blessings in five languages, is intended to trigger debate about the future of the churchFive hundred years after revolutionary printing presses spread news of Martin Luther’s radical call for church reform across Europe, and technology is again challenging devout tradition in the small German town of Wittenberg.
A robot priest that delivers blessings in five languages and beams light from its hands has been unveiled as fraction of an exhibition to mark the anniversary of the start of the Reformation,a Europe-wide devout, political and cultural upheaval sparked when Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door in the town. Related: Robot monk to spread Buddhist wisdom to the digital generation Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com