M. Wolfe
May 15, 2009, 5:59 PM
For those who don't know about it, it's going to be up within the day. It's basically an answer machine [website] similar in appearance to Google, but don't be fooled, it is nothing like google.
You type a question into the field and it then formulates an answer. It doesn't find you an answer it formulates one, and the question can be pretty anything you can think of.
Take a look at this video of Steven Wolfram giving the knowledge engine a demo.
Demo (10 min) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYhLsQPHNas)
Video description:
Anticipating the release? Here are a few screenshots from Stephen Wolfram's talk.
Or look at a more in depth presentation, here.
Presentation (1:45 hours) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TIOH80Qg7Q)
Video description:
There's been great anticipation around Stephen Wolfram's ambitious project to create a comprehensive "computational knowledge engine." The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University will host a sneak preview of the Wolfram|Alpha system, and a discussion of its underlying technology and implications. Participants will include Wolfram|Alpha founder Stephen Wolfram and Professor of Law Jonathan Zittrain. Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, the author of A New Kind of Science, and now the creator of Wolfram|Alpha. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research.
You type a question into the field and it then formulates an answer. It doesn't find you an answer it formulates one, and the question can be pretty anything you can think of.
Take a look at this video of Steven Wolfram giving the knowledge engine a demo.
Demo (10 min) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYhLsQPHNas)
Video description:
Anticipating the release? Here are a few screenshots from Stephen Wolfram's talk.
Or look at a more in depth presentation, here.
Presentation (1:45 hours) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TIOH80Qg7Q)
Video description:
There's been great anticipation around Stephen Wolfram's ambitious project to create a comprehensive "computational knowledge engine." The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University will host a sneak preview of the Wolfram|Alpha system, and a discussion of its underlying technology and implications. Participants will include Wolfram|Alpha founder Stephen Wolfram and Professor of Law Jonathan Zittrain. Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, the author of A New Kind of Science, and now the creator of Wolfram|Alpha. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research.