Showing posts with label search engines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label search engines. Show all posts

Monday, August 17, 2009

WolframAlpha

Although my husband assures me that I'm out of the loop, and that WolframAlpha has been out for at least six months or so, I've only recently discovered the new tool and I'm wowed. This self-described "computational knowledge engine" is a kind of numbers-facts database that also calculates things as well. So for instance, if you type in Cusco, Peru, you will be given facts about the population, maps, even things like the average temperature historically. Other bloggers have referred to it as the Google Killer. You can see a demo of what the new tool can do here: http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Boolified!

We did try out the Boolify Search engine I blogged about here and the results are in. At first glance, students are grasping boolean logic in a way they never have before! Check it out: