It's been 25 years since a group of students introduced Archie, the world's first Internet search engine. Since then, search engines have become smarter, faster, and more personalized. Their objectives, however, have remained mostly the same.
"What people use search engines for is what search engines are made for," said Douglas Downey, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science. "Search engines are very good at finding specific Web pages. We wanted to design a search engine that does something very different — one that helps you explore concepts."
On June 16, Downey and his team launched a beta version of Atlasify, a new search engine that does more than respond to queries. It invites users to explore new concepts by automatically generating cartographic "atlases" about subjects of interest. The project is a collaboration with University of Minnesota assistant professor Brent Hecht, who earned his PhD from the McCormick School of Engineering.
http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2015/06/atlasify-search-using-maps.html
[Related]: Blog about Atlasify
(Score: 2, Insightful) by dusty monkey on Thursday June 18 2015, @03:24AM
Not sure why this is modded flamebait. I am running a chrome-based browser that isnt specifically chrome, and the site still demands chrome.
If thats not sucking chrome cock, I don't know what is.
- when you vote for the lesser of two evils, you are still voting for evil - stop supporting evil -
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2015, @03:45AM
Maybe it's licking Google's cunt?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2015, @10:09AM
It made none of the complaints you guys mentioned, even with javascript off. Selectively unblocked 3-5 domains of the sites providing scripts and it worked just fine.
It provided adequate results for my search terms, but had some pinpoints that were VERY marginally related. If you get those, provide feedback like I did. Make a difference!:)