This Actually Happened!! Funeral Held For Robot Dogs

In a Tokyo suburb, a Buddhist temple has been causing a stir after performing funerals for hundreds of robot dogs. The funerals were held with incense smoke, chanting priests and prayers for a peaceful transition of the ‘souls’ of the departed bots. Mourners, who were deeply attached to their robot companions, attended the funerals because they believed their robots had a soul that needed to be put to rest. The funerals were performed for Sony's AIBO robot dogs. In 1999, 3,000 units were sold to the Japanese market, according to the National Geographic. READ FULL ARTICLE http://TechnocularNews.com.

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Reference: Daily Mail, National Geographic

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