WEEK IN RELIGIONIn the hope of reaching an ever increasing technological-savvy world, a Buddhist monk in China has developed a robot monk to spread the word of his faith to the digital generation. Located in the 500-year-old Longquan Temple outside of Beijing, Master Xianfian created the 2-foot tall robot monk (Xian'er) that can answer 20 simple questions about Buddhism and daily life at the temple with the use of touch-screen on his chest. Xian'er can also chant mantras. The robot was [...]
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