Holy Tech! Prayer Mats Light Up When Facing Mecca

There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, many of whom direct daily prayers toward the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. One designer from the U.K., Soner Ozenc, would like to bring some tech innovation into the prayer space, by creating a prayer mat that lights up when it faces Mecca.

The prayer mat is called EL Sajjadah -- "EL" stands for Electro Luminescent and "Sajjadah" means prayer mat. EL Sajjadah is lightweight, flexible and has a built in digital compass, which lights up when facing Mecca.

"I was looking at designing flying carpets, but I came to a point where I needed to add a function to the project," Ozenc told Mashable. "Then I came up with the prayer mat idea. Y…
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