So, I start playing around with Wolfram Alpha today. It's pretty legit, and pretty scary. I think this can be the next product that takes over the world; at least my world anyway!
Wolfram Alpha, in a sense, is much like Google. A very sophisticated algorithm that computes and performs tasks given some user input. Unlike Google, it is very specific and complex in terms of its computational power towards equations and objective and comparable data. Entering a complex math equation, it is able to produce graphs, derivative formulas, etc. Take a look at the computations produced when entering a sin formula.
http://www54.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x^2+sin(x)
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Wolfram Alpha, also allows you to enter places, stock comparisons, and dates.
What has me perplexed is Wolfram's reference to my exact birthday. Coiencidence or not [maybe it grabbed a cookie referencing my birthday or something] its pretty scary. Is this thing going to become self-aware and start taking over the world???
If you don't believe me, take a look by going ot the above link (computing sin) and take a look at it's random birthday in the box near the top - right of the screen. There you will see:
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A few things to try:
---------------------Interesting! Can anyone go here and tell me the date it references? Maybe it's just stalking me.
Anyway, this is shaping up to be pretty impressive. While it's no Google, it certainly is worth a look, and as it progresses to beta, and finally production stages, I have high hopes for the product.
I also have a feeling we will be seeing more and more things such as this, 'in the cloud.' (the internet).
Let's see what happens with this!
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