Good article. Loads of videos. Wicked.

Read all about it here: http://i.gizmodo.com/5164508/tips-for-shooting-the-best-slow+motion-video

…one that can enslave us in the future.

Ok, maybe not. But it’s still an interesting idea. A new kind of search engine is being researched by one of best mathmetician of our time, Stephen Wolfram. It’s called the “Wolfram”… duh.

So what’s so special? You can read the whole article through the link below, but in an essence it is a smart search engine. One that understand everyday language (English only so far) and able to calculate a single precise answer. So instead of Google-ing “bahama vacation cruise package”, you can type “what’s the best deal for a bahama cruise?”, and instead of giving you thousands of possible results, it will calculate based on your history and/or location etc, and give you exactly what you asked – the best deal for a bahama cruise.

It’s like a search engine with an AI.

Full article link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1160667/Revolutionary-British-search-engine-important-Google.html?ITO=1490

I think the best way to summarize this post is by quoting the article: “Let’s say you’re a defense-company marketing executive. And you want to make a splash at the Indian defense ministry’s annual air show. Do you: (a) buy expensive gifts for New Delhi’s generals; (b) treat the press to Kingfishers and samosas; (c) produce a Bollywood-esque video featuring bare-midriff girls, flower-draped missiles, and the catch phrase “dinga dinga dee?”".

Well, apparently somebody picked C.

Here’s the full article in Wired: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/03/iron-eagle-isra.html