There’s a lot going on in the Wolfram|Alpha project these days—and this week there’s a remarkable convergence of events.
Late last week we introduced the Wolfram|Alpha Webservice API, allowing outside developers to call Wolfram|Alpha from their websites or application programs.
Then yesterday we released the first mobile implementation of Wolfram|Alpha, in the form of an iPhone app.
Tomorrow, we’re doing something completely different: Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day—a 14-hour live webcast event for students and educators.
Oh, and starting on Thursday is the International Mathematica User Conference, which will show many advances in the core Mathematica technology on which Wolfram|Alpha is based.
In May we launched Wolfram|Alpha as a major website. But the website is really just the tip of an iceberg. Wolfram|Alpha is a whole technology that can be deployed and used in all sorts of ways.
This week we’re seeing some of the diversity of what can be done. The API as a tool for developers. The iPhone app as a consumer product. And Homework Day as a community event that Wolfram|Alpha enables.
My approach to managing R&D is to maintain a portfolio of ongoing projects, short-term and long-term. There’s an amazing amount in the pipeline for Wolfram|Alpha, which will emerge on timescales from weeks to years.
I’m very proud of the achievements of our various teams that we’re seeing this week. The diversity of what’s becoming possible with Wolfram|Alpha is surprising even us. There are a lot of very exciting things to come…
This service has been supremely useful! My school uses Mathematica, but I don’t own it personally. It’s quite handy to be able to run simpler calculations using Alpha from my computer. Keep up the great work!
Posted by AaronOctober 20, 2009 at 5:08 pmAre there any plans for releasing an Android application for Wolfram|Alpha? I’m quite interested.
Posted by SpencerOctober 21, 2009 at 9:27 pmHistorically we have not thought too much of ubiquitous scientific computing. With the API, I see a vast variety of combined applications of the knowledge engine with specialized pre- and postprocessing, all widely accessible, if we want.
Posted by Herbert ExnerOctober 22, 2009 at 10:05 amI can’t wait to start work!
Posted by Taliesin BeynonOctober 24, 2009 at 6:56 pmPlease work an equivalent WA app for Android! That OS is growing and the users are certainly the Mathematica type.
Posted by JakeOctober 31, 2009 at 9:36 pmJust adding to the other requests for a Wolfram|Alpha application for Android. I know it must be annoying to have just developed one app you’re proud of only to have a bunch of people request the same app on another platform, but please do it anyway!
Posted by MartinNovember 13, 2009 at 2:59 pm+1 for the Android app. Thanks.
Posted by VilisNovember 16, 2009 at 12:39 amI like this app for the android too!
Posted by emanuelNovember 18, 2009 at 10:08 amPlease
+1 for android application
Posted by adamNovember 18, 2009 at 2:20 pmi++ for andriod app
Posted by joeNovember 19, 2009 at 8:09 pm+2 for the Android platform app. We need our computational fix
Posted by Aaron G.November 20, 2009 at 1:47 am