News tagged with religious technology


Sun Dial uses mobile phones to alert Muslims to prayer

Sun Dial uses mobile phones to alert Muslims to prayer (w/Video)

Technology / Software

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Religious technology may seem like an oxymoron, but as more people obtain mobile phones, iPhones and other devices to help them manage their lives, it's only natural that many of them will be using their gadgets ...





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Web searches for religious topics on the rise

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Religion is not just for churches, synagogues or mosques anymore -- it's a topic that is being actively searched for online, according to researchers at Penn State.


Religious beliefs focus too much on self

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 17, 2008 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (17) | comments 1

Moving away from traditional religious beliefs to trendy, self-focused religions and spirituality is not making young adults happier, according to new research.


Prayer on the hospital floor

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

What happens when the families of sick and dying hospitalized children ask their physicians to pray with them, or for them? How do pediatricians respond to such personal requests? While increasing numbers of physicians say ...


Study: Religion colors Americans' views of nanotechnology

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 15, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (30) | comments 15

Is nanotechnology morally acceptable? For a significant percentage of Americans, the answer is no, according to a recent survey of Americans' attitudes about the science of the very small.


Scientists bring ancient Egypt to life with  virtual model of historic temple complex

Scientists bring ancient Egypt to life with virtual model of historic temple complex (w/Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the past two years, a team of UCLA Egyptologists, digital modelers, web designers, staff and students has been building a three-dimensional virtual-reality model of the ancient Egyptian ...


Medical team's support of terminal cancer patients' spiritual needs improves quality of life

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a new study of terminally ill cancer patients, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found support of patients' spiritual needs by the medical team is associated with greater use of hospice, less aggressive care, ...


Technology To Tell Tales Of The Dead

Other Sciences /

created Sep 26, 2005 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New technology in the field of post-mortem examinations will revolutionise the ways autopsies are conducted within our own lifetimes, a top British scientist has predicted.


Teen devises prayer app for iPhone

Technology / Software

created Jul 26, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

For eons, people have reached out to the Almighty with prayers and supplications. Soon they might be able to use their iPhones.


Global-warming talk to broadcast over IPTV

Space & Earth /

created Apr 18, 2006 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Some 16,000 science classes will partake in a global-warming debate via the Earth Day Network using the new PowerTV Network over Internet Protocol television.


Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.



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