Taiwanese tech company Acer has made Buddhist prayer beads that can help keep track of recited mantras. The beads have a smart chip that tracks the number of times a mantra is repeated and ...

At heart, these prayer beads are a mechanical device for counting off a set number of prayers, said John Kieschnick, religious studies department chair and a professor in Buddhist studies at ...

Acer's Leap Beads, effectively smart prayer beads, help practising Buddhists count the number of times they have chanted their mantra with a chip tracking how often the mala has been rotated ...

The beads’ popularity among celebrities such as Hong Kong actor Jet Li, pop singer Xu Fei, and folk comedian Zhao Benshan has helped drive the traditional Buddhist prayer accouterment into ...

Priced at $3,888 NTD ($132.78 USD), the beads are a tech version of traditional Buddhist prayer beads.