Human-God Interfaces - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:14:41 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Human-God Interfaces - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Industrial designers create new ‘Human-God Interfaces' https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/09/28/industrial-designers-human-god-interfaces/ Mon, 28 Sep 2020 06:53:02 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=131052 A joint project between Industrial Designers studying at the University of Wuppertal, Germany, and the Catholic Educational Institution in Bonn is bringing (sort of) high tech to the Catholic Mass. The Catholic faith hasn't really upgraded since the Second Vatican Council, at which time they swapped development environments and communication protocols from Latin to the Read more

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A joint project between Industrial Designers studying at the University of Wuppertal, Germany, and the Catholic Educational Institution in Bonn is bringing (sort of) high tech to the Catholic Mass.

The Catholic faith hasn't really upgraded since the Second Vatican Council, at which time they swapped development environments and communication protocols from Latin to the vernacular. The rest of the Catholic hardware — the vestments, the chalices, and even the Sanctus are a few centuries old.

This project, called "Human-God Interfaces," aims to bring the Mass into the 21st century. This includes a number of improvements to the traditional prayer process and includes digital and analogue solutions to the problem of human-to-deity communication. Read more

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