You Can Live In The Past Virtually With Apples's ILive  (SAT PAR News Sep 03, 2014) For people who wished they could go back to whatever period of time when they thought life was better, can now do so. Apple announced today the arrival of ILive. ILive is not an app, it is a whole system that is integrated to many devices. Using a complex database in the cloud that contains pictures, video, maps, different types of text, audio, and a new type of information called Virtual Event Triggers. These triggers are data about wind, heat, light and other environmental elements. Working together all these different types of stored data can create a world you used to know. It is not cheap, required is a special modifications for a car, special windows in your house, and all new electronic devices - every one of them. When fully assembled everywhere you look and listen, there will be a period of time you wish to experience again for as long as you like. The truly unique feature is the car additions. All windows including the front windshield will show a world gone by. There has been no safety issue as the real road and road signs along with pedestrians and other objects - such as red lights will still be visible though the 360 degree virtual world. Even going from your car to your house will not disrupt the world you want to live in, using special glasses, elements from that time will continue to be displayed seamlessly from car to house. The uncanny part of ILive is the ability to place long gone people in your environment. In a test by Sat Par News, the people seen through special glasses, or house windows appeared real and part of the environment. The amazing feature is the size of the person is the correct proportion as you approach them, giving a very lifelike feel to them. There is also a range of conversation they can have with you. What this costs depends on how many elements you want in how much of your present world. Estimates of ILive go from $5,000 to have this only on video displays and special glasses, to $50,000 and up for a more complete environment. The only drawback is the amount of time needed for you to add the information to the database - which can be extensive. Apple says the more time you put in constructing the cloud database, the more natural the experience you will get. 

Apple's Updated Siri Works With Scientology To Solve Problems - Personal & Business (SAT PAR News Aug 18, 2014) Not content with your smartphone answering every little known fact in existence, Apple has added a Scientology artificial intelligence application to answer any other question you might have. Apple CEO Tim Cook explained how it works, "Siri will first determine whether this is a fact-based question, if it is not, then the application will search a vast database of ethical and best practices for most types of situations as developed by Scientology information specialists. This can be personal relationships of all types, complicated agreement issues, business planning, and we even have a large section for child disputes. Getting younger we have advice for unhappy babies. We even have solutions for pet owners, the list is astounding. If this is an unexplored issue, Siri will combine related advice to get the best answer. Apple believes Siri is now the one stop virtual person to get the best advice. You will never be without answers to any situation again, we can promise that!" Controversy has erupted however over the use of Scientology to guide the system. CNET, the technology publishing company which also conducts software tests and reviews, noted that the answers are based around the premise of "All you need to solve the problem is enough data. Step outside your preconceptions, step outside the control of those who are causing the problem, and look for the information you are missing." CNET noted that this works for fact based problems but does little good for a 15 year old determining what to do with messy issues in dating, making decisions to engage in whistleblowing, or deciding on a career that may or may not be helping people. In other words Scientology lacks any real core of ethics and morals, so when problems arise in that area, the advice does not work. CNET found that the advice of close friends, parents, counselors, and religious advisers provided real world usable and on target ethical advice 96% more times than when the exact same personal problems were posed to those groups and Siri.