Skunkworks

Another way the technology will help you in the very near future. Don’t mind the fact that the software is slow or the fact that the screen takes 2 seconds to do a refresh. The important part is the hardware behind this gadget. I am sure that in less than 2 years time we will have an ebook reader which will have colors, very good refresh time (maybe even video capable) and if we are lucky will be subsidized by the content providers (the same thing that the communication companies are doing now with the phones).

Take a look at the video below

and then read the review from Techcrunch. I am inclined to say that the company behind this piece of software is going to be big in the very near future

The moment I found out Wolfram Alpha is online, I knew I had to ask the computational knowledge engine 2 questions. First one comes from Arthur Clarke’s Fountains of Paradise:

“What was the rainfall in the capital of the world’s smallest national state on the day when the second largest number of home runs was scored in college basketball?”

The questions is related to the main character of the story and the answer sadly for the time being is:

“Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.”

The second query comes from Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and is the standard:

“the meaning of life, the universe, and everything”

at which the engine gives the correct answer : 42 .