Wolfram Alpha: First hands-on

May 15, 2009, 8:25am PDT | Length: 00:03:16
CNET's Rafe Needleman gets a look at the eagerly-anticipated new computational search engine, Wolfram Alpha. Is it a Google killer? No, but it has the potential to change the way we view at data on the Web.
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This looks incredible...
qcesarjr@... Updated - 18th May 2009
Wow. This looks like it can (and, hopefully, will) change how data is accessed, viewed, and interpreted. It means you can waste less time learning the data and more time figuring out how to apply it to everyday life.

I wish I could play with this already. There's so much potential for this. Some of the things that come to mind are:

- Athletic Performance
- Nutrition
- All sorts of scientific research
- Quantity of roaches in the Mesozoic Era vs. roaches today
- Market trends

Et cetera...

Seriously, this looks amazing. I'm going to look for stock RIGHT NOW.

PS: Did I mention: First!! (Sorry, I'm 20. I can still do that...)

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