Google Squared and genetics, Wolfram Alpha and engineering
While many are going on about how Wolfram|Alpha, Google Squared and also Bing compare one to another, I took the opportunity to give Google’s latest lab release a go with some topics I’m interested in, namely genetics.
GOOGLE SQUARED AND GENETICS
Search terms: DNA sequence
Search terms: Genomes
Search terms: Genetic Diseases
Search terms: Genes
WOLFRAM|ALPHA AND ENGINEERING
And now, let me just put in my quick 2 eurocents (roughly 2.84 US cents) regarding Wolfram|Alpha.
I’ve found it to be a really valuable tool with any work that requires looking up tabulated data and proceeding with any type of calculations upon such data.
Wolfram|Alpha would have been such a time saver while I was working on my biotech industries project. Loads of engineering calculations and data to look up that would have been made so much easier. No need to skim through Perry’s handbook, through process engineering and transport phenomena books looking for figures, graphs and constants. Wolfram|Alpha would have made most of it a simple search.
In summary, Wolfram|Alpha is, in my opinion, a really large and structured Almanac with a super scientific calculator mashed-up into it and therefore a very useful reference tool. However, it’s pretty poor when it comes to anything outside it’s “comfort zone”, like life sciences. I’ll have more to say about this in a future post.
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Google Squared appears to be similar to my patent application:
Frankly, I am getting a Déjà vu effect while going through the “Google Squared” application because it appears to be very similar in function to my United States patent application which was filed on April 12, 2007 and as publicly disclosed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 16, 2008, when the patent application was published.
My patent application is titled as “Method And System For Research Using Computer Based Simultaneous Comparison And Contrasting Of A Multiplicity Of Subjects Having Specific Attributes Within Specific Contexts” bearing Document Number “20080256023” and Inventor name “Nair Satheesh” which may be viewed at http://patft.uspto.gov/ upon Patent Applications: Quick Search.
Google Squared appears to be using at least some if not many of the same methods and systems as set forth by me more than two years ago in my patent application. In fact there are many more methods and systems disclosed in my patent application which I believe will help resolve certain inaccuracies found in current Google Squared application.
I have issued legal notices to Google through my Patent Attorney in the US but Google has not responded yet to any of my notices.
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