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Title: Computational knowledge engines: the search engine, evolved Post by: Alex on May 19, 2009, 05:05:19 PM Computational knowledge engines: the search engine, evolved
A new search engine, known as Wolfram|Alpha has launched. It may be improper to refer to it as a search engine, as it refers to itself as a "computational knowledge engine". The engine differs from a traditional search engine in that the goal of the engine is not only to make information accessible, but in the case of WolframAlpha, immediately computable. To perhaps give a better explanation of what WolframAlpha is, let us walk through an average searching scenario. I stumble on the website, and in the search field I decide to type my city's name, Toronto. If the website stumbled upon were Google, one would now have access to several pages referring to Toronto. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/W6GWBNjEsdk/computational-knowledge-engines-the-search-engine-evolved |