Monday, 21 November 2011
Sunday, 20 November 2011
말 한마디로 천냥빚을 갚는구나 The Power of Words
Change your words !
Change your worlds !!
한 시각 장애인이 구걸을 하면서 박스에 다음과 같이 썼습니다.
“I’m blind. Please help.”
(전 눈이 멀었어요. 도와주세요.)
이것을 보고 지나가던 여성이 문구를 바꿔줍니다.
”It’s a beautiful day and I can’t see it.”
(아름다운 날이지만 전 볼 수가 없어요.)
Friday, 18 November 2011
검색의 한계는 어디까지인가..Wolfram Alpha
Look Up: Wolfram Alpha Can Identify That Airplane
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Wolfram Alpha, the company whose scientists are responsible for the smarts behind that sometimes-sarcasticSiri assistant on the iPhone 4S, has figured out a way to give you an abundance of information about any plane you see flying overhead.
For some reason, every time I see a plane go by, I’m immediately wondering what type of aircraft it is, where it’s coming from, where it’s going, what airline it belongs to and how high it’s flying at the moment. Now, Wolfram Alpha can satisfy my curiosity in real time, letting me look it up on the Wolfram Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine.
Where is that located, you say? In some sheltered lab deep underground within a defense department bunker? Heck no, it’s a lot more accessible than that — just enter the search term “flights overhead” at WolframAlpha.com on any computer or smartphone’s browser, and you’ll see results like this:
As you can see in the graphic above, you’ll get a list of the airliners overheadand what type of aircraft they are, and there’s a sky map that even tells you where to look for them.
When you spot a plane, you can click on that flight and drill down to even more info, showing you everything you’d want to know about the flight short of who the passengers are and what they’re talking about at the moment. You’ll see where it came from and where it’s going, its flight duration, a full map of its flight path, how long it’s been in the air and a lot more.
Tip: While you can look up this data using a smartphone, when we tested it on iPhones and Android phones, that handy Sky Map didn’t show up. But you can still tell where to look for planes by using the “Angle” information provided by Wolfram Alpha.
By the way, there’s no need to spend the $2.99 for the Wolfram Alpha app on the iPhone or $1.49 for the Android version to get this data — even though both of are useful apps, you can get the “flights overhead” info on a standard browser on most computing devices.
Monday, 7 November 2011
Siri, Are You Stealing Searchers from Google?
From the PCMag
Siri, Are You Stealing Searchers from Google?
Is Siri poaching Internet searchers from Google? That's what The Arora Report's Nigam Arora suggested Monday, citing a "small study" he conducted to "validate the hypothesis that users of Apple's Siri are reducing Google searches."
When Arora says "small," he means it. The unscientific survey of 40 Siri users is anything but conclusive, but there's certainly a lot to chew on—not the least of which is the notion that with Siri on the new iPhone 4S, Apple may just have inserted itself into the search game with an end-around that few people saw coming.
Twenty-seven of the Siri users Arora polled said they hadn't done a single Google search since buying their iPhone 4S. The remaining 13 had conducted two Google searches on average since welcoming Siri into their lives. And "[a]ll 40 users of Siri report that they see no need to go to Google if Siri can answer their question."
Arora's informal study offers some perspective for Google chairman Eric Schmidt's recent claim before Congress that his company is not "overwhelmingly dominant" in search. Schmidt contended that Google faces a number of serious search competitors and even singled out Siri as a "significant development" in the search arena.
"Google has many strong competitors and we sometimes fail to anticipate the competitive threat posed by new methods of accessing information," Schmidt said, referring to new search tools like Apple's popular new voice-recognition platform, which bypasses Google for things like restaurant searches.
Earlier this year, Schmidt designated Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook as the "Big Four" of consumer technology, each with their own particular strengths. Now one of those four, Apple suddenly looks like it's discovered a way to begin taking on Google in the area that company has dominated for so long: search.
Arora goes even further and says his sources maintain that "Google has been blindsided by Siri."
"A small study at The Arora Report, if validated with larger studies, is a cause of panic for Google," he writes. "Apple does not generate revenues from Siri. Siri simply helps Apple to sell more phones. The point is that the business model of Apple is to make money by selling phones."
"The business model of Google is to make money from advertisements on search results. There is no question that Google is probably hard at work to counter Siri. However, the business model of Google may get in the way. How does Google generate revenues that are given verbally? I cannot imagine Google requiring a person to hear an advertisement before receiving the search results," he continued. "Every answer that Siri provides using Wikipedia, Yelp, or Wolfram Alpha is business taken away from Google."
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