Stevesie.com - "News with a Brain"
Seems to be a sudden uptick in interest in news search engines that do new groupings and analysis. Here's one from an undergraduate at Cornell University, but it still needs work. Nonetheless, try it out - could lead somewhere in time.
Here's the press release --
Cornell Undergrad Launches Stevesie.com Intelligent News Search EngineTired of drudging through headline after headline to stay informed? Stevesie News makes it easy to stay up-to-date with the world. Created by Cornell Undergraduate student Steve Spagnola, Stevesie finds live news from hundreds of sources across the web. Next, an artificial brain comprehends the most recent headlines to decide what's important and how different news stories relate to one another.
Stevesie's artificial brain mimics how our brains store and retrieve memories, constructing an associative network of news and keyword relations. The result of all this complicated-sounding work is a great way to experience the news.
How Stevesie Works - Stevesie effectively presents the news through buzzwords, pictures, and related topics, not just the headlines. Command your news experience with the instant search feature; just start typing to see
what's going on in the world. Surf through the news by related topics to see the trends unfold.Stevesie also presents a superior variety of headlines for each topic by not just concentrating on breaking stories.
Said Spagnola, "Stevesie News is based on a new form of artificial intelligence that models biological behavior in our brains. I personally wrote everything during my spare time at an internship in Silicon Valley this summer. I hope folks enjoy Stevesie and look forward to feedback for how to improve it.
I'm afraid I'm not finding good relevance on my queries
-US cycling team olympics - a great mix and nothing about cycling
- tailpipe emissions - was about embassies - was not about anything on the second try.
- presidential election - energy comes up -that's a good thing; and also John McCain as a topic - but not Barack Obama.
Could be asking too much of the sources - which are not stated.
Posted by Gwen at August 7, 2008 11:31 PM