Wolfram /Alpha

Pinkeyes · 15 May 2009 at 10:31

Has anyone been following this ? It is a "computational knowledge engine" which is about to go live.

Here is a video of it in action. http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html

Seems to be a very powerful indeed.

tibtib123 · 15 May 2009 at 10:33

Yeah it seems to be perfect for scientific stuff but in terms of say rivaling say Google for generic search stuff I don't think it will come close - interestingly it has huge ties with Mathmatica so it will be extremely useful for students etc!

Jonny · 15 May 2009 at 10:49

That's some seriously clever stuff

V4NT0M · 15 May 2009 at 10:55

Exceptional.

reflux · 15 May 2009 at 10:57

It's like Wikipedia on steroids! Very impressive.

Cosimo · 15 May 2009 at 11:04

That is very impressive, I’m looking forward to having a play with this.

Pinkeyes · 15 May 2009 at 11:11

Yes, me too. Keep trying at:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/index.html

It works every now and again ! and is going live any time soon.

Pinkeyes · 15 May 2009 at 21:25

Countdown to the Wolfram|Alpha Launch

Well these guys are certainly reassuringly science-y !

apeZ · 15 May 2009 at 21:30

Woah, looks good.

dangerstat · 15 May 2009 at 21:36

Looking forward to playing with it, though been tracking this for a while and think that it won't take off to be honest. Though it's a great attempt.

elitetrick · 15 May 2009 at 22:01

this is the death to all homework threads.
looks pretty bloody good actually.

Jotun · 16 May 2009 at 21:01

I was going to start a thread about this, I'm really impressed by it, aside from giving answers to random question, it can also integrate functions and plot any functions you throw at it. Looks like this may replace google for my random calculations when I can't be bothered to open calc.exe!

A.N.Other · 16 May 2009 at 22:00

That's a remarkable achievement! What a fantastic resource!

V4NT0M · 16 May 2009 at 22:59

The video made it look awesome, however at the moment it's very slow and for the queries I'm entering it's either not working, giving me one word answers or freezing up firefox!

A.N.Other · 16 May 2009 at 23:06

^ Ditto

. I'm not getting any freezing, but it hasn't been able to answer much I've asked it so far.

Begbie · 17 May 2009 at 01:44

looks friking awesome

V4NT0M · 17 May 2009 at 01:57

Oh well, IE freezes too, get a message about a script making explorer running slow. Words can't describe the disappointment.

elitetrick · 17 May 2009 at 02:27

yeh. epic failure on launch. its basically unable to answer anything iv asked it so far.
what a shame.

Begbie · 17 May 2009 at 11:57

seems tobe working now

deuse · 17 May 2009 at 12:03

reflux said:
It's like Wikipedia on steroids! Very impressive.

+1

EDIT= it knows the answer to " what's the answer the life the universe and everything " 42
very good, anybody found funny answers?