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You enter a topic such as “social networking.” Then it presents you with a series of words that are contextually relevant to that topic. The words are in the shape of a tag cloud, where the words are bigger if they’re more relevant and smaller if they’re less so. When you click on a word, it brings up a series of articles or other words that are relevant.
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PhotoSketch: Photoshop + Image Recognition = AwesomePhotoSketch: Photoshop + Image Recognition = Awesome This technology is just mind-boggling. PhotoSketch may be the coolest program we’ve seen or written about since the invisible speakers . PhotoSketch is an “Internet Image Montage” project from five Chinese Computer Science and ...
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Primal Fusion: Blog » Blog Archive » Want to Build a Better Internet? Stop Searching for SolutionsWant to Build a Better Internet? Stop Searching for Solutions By Peter Sweeney Posted on October 4th, 2009 In a recent article in The Guardian , Cory Doctorow called for search reform. “Search is the beginning and the end of the internet,” he wrote. While I agree things need to change, a ...
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Cory Doctorow: Search is too important to leave to one company – even Google | Technology | guardian.co.ukSearch is the beginning and the end of the internet . Before search, there was the idea of an organised, hierarchical internet, set up along the lines of the Dewey Decimal system. Again and again, net pioneers tried to build such systems, but they were always outcompeted by the messy ...
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Smart search | Columnists | Andrew Wahl | Canadian Business OnlineGoogle may be synonymous with web search, but it sure isn’t perfect. Unless you’re looking for something very specific and pretty simple, exploring larger topics can still be a time-consuming and painstaking process — even if the average web surfer isn’t too put off by it. Other companies, ...
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SemanticsA primer on semantics looking towards how semantics can be used to better surface specific, valuable information on the web and in vertical interest fields. Cambridge Semantics , a Boston-based semantic technology and software developer, said this week that Brussels, Belgium-based ...Janos Haits added 7 weeks ago
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89Web 3.0: The Web Goes Industrial | Primal FusionPeter Sweeney: <i>Primal Fusion: Example of a “thought networking” website created through a semantic synthesis technology.</i>François Dongier added 6 months ago
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6First ImpressionsReading their marketing materials, they are well aware of the 'utility' function of this type of service, and by all appearances are looking forward to an early extension of their API for others to develop around. [LOUD APPLAUSE TO THAT] @Peter, I understand the desire and need to keep inputs .... .•∞º˙ added 7 months ago
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First ImpressionsSo I got mine yesterday and started playing with it, definitely an interesting concept, nevertheless tag cloud very limited, I thought this could be used for research (now researching the concept of Ambient Intimacy for a coming paper) no available or relevant tags showed up, therefore at ...wildcat added 7 months ago
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