Wolfram Alpha
Ξ May 3rd, 2009 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Research, Science, Technology |
Wolfram Alpha seems like a funky thing – not a “search engine,” but a “computational knowledge engine” [Wolfram's words]. Apparently it’s implemented in 5 million lines of Mathematica code.
Here’s a Slashdot mention with more links. And, here’s a video of a public demo. Pretty poor quality, but it does at least show it in action.
Lastly, here’s a link to a time-lapse video of the hosting datacentre being built.