50 Interesting Facts About Wolfram Alpha
Wolfram Alpha is a computational knowledge engine, that tries to answer to a high diversity of questions, from the most simple to the most complex ones. If you are unsure about something, just ask Wolfram. If you don’t know what to ask him, try the ideas below and you will also find out some facts about it.
1. Wolfram Alpha knows who he is.
Q: Who are you ?
A: I am a computational knowledge engine.
2. Wolfram Alpha knows where he is.
Q: Where are you ?
A: I live on the internet.
3. Wolfram Alpha has hobbies.
Q: What are your hobbies ?
A: I like to explore the computational universe.
4. Wolfram Alpha is feeling good.
Q: How are you ?
A: I am doing well, thank you.
5. Wolfram Alpha doesn’t know his birthday.
Q: When is your birth day ?
A: Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.
6. Wolfram Alpha knows his name.
Q. What’s your name ?
A. My name is Wolfram|Alpha.
7. Wolfram Alpha can’t spell.
Q: Can you spell ?
A: Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.
8. Wolfram Alpha knows where you are.
Q: Where am i?
A: Location: Bucharest, Romania.
9. Wolfram Alpha is polite.
Q: Hello.
A: Hello, human.
10. Wolfram Alpha can count.
Q: 1,2,3,4
A: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10…
11. Wolfram Alpha knows the weather Forecast.
Q: Weather Bucharest
A: Temperature: 27°C.
12. Wolfram Alpha knows what time it is.
Q: Time Bucharest.
A: 4:02:16 PM.
13. Wolfram Alpha can help you.
Q: How can you help me?
A: I can help you to compute.
14. Wolfram Alpha doesn’t need help right now.
Q: How can I help you ?
A: Additional functionality for this topic is under development…
15. Wolfram Alpha can do basic arithmetics.
Q: 10 + 20
A: Result: 30.
16. Wolfram Alpha can compute a decimal approximation of a specified number of digits.
Q: pi to 1000 digits
A: Result: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208?
99862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111?
74502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337?
86783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006?
60631558817488152092096282925409171536436789259036001133053054882046652138414?
69519415116094330572703657595919530921861173819326117931051185480744623799627?
49567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737?
19070217986094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940513200056812714526356?
08277857713427577896091736371787214684409012249534301465495853710507922796892?
58923542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372?
97804995105973173281609631859502445945534690830264252230825334468503526193118?
81710100031378387528865875332083814206171776691473035982534904287554687311595?
62863882353787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909216420199.
17. Wolfram Alpha can convert a decimal number to binary.
Q: 10 to binary
A: Result: 1010.
18. Wolfram Alpha can solve an equation.
Q: x^3 – 4x^2 + 6x – 24 = 0
A: Real solution: X = 4.
19. Wolfram Alpha can compute a possible formula and continuation for a sequence.
Q: 5, 14, 23, 32, 41, …
A: Possible continuation: 5,14,23,32,41,50,59,68,77,86,95,104,113,122,131,140,…
20. Wolfram Alpha can compute coin toss probabilities.
Q: 32 coin tosses
A: Expected number of heads: 16.
21. Wolfram Alpha can compute dice probabilities.
Q: 5 dice.
A: Expected total: 17.5.
22. Wolfram Alpha can compute odds for a poker hand.
Q: poker royal flush
A: 1.53908 x 10^-6
23. Wolfram Alpha has information about particles.
Q: proton
A: Mass: 938.27203 MeV/c^2
24. Wolfram Alpha knows the speed of light.
Q: speed of light
A: 299793 km/s
25. Wolfram Alpha can compute the properties of a black hole.
Q: black hole 10 solar masses
A: Horizon Radius: 29530 square meters.
26. Wolfram Alpha has information about chemical elements.
Q: hydrogen
A: Density: 8.99×10^-5 g/cm^3
27. Wolfram Alpha can compute the location of a planet on a specified date.
Q: Venus 14 Jan 2001
A: current distance from Earth: 0.7107 AU
5.911 light minutes
28: Wolfram Alpha knows the recent earthquakes.
Q: earthquakes
A: Monday, May 18, 2009.
Magnitute: 4.7
Location: 1 km E of Lennox, California, United States.
29. Wolfram Alpha has information about satellites.
Q: International Space Station
A: Altitude: 358.3 km.
30. Wolfram Alpha can compute your fuel usage.
Q: fuel usage 800 miles, 27 mpg
A: Result: 29.63 gallons
31. Wolfram Alpha can compute your fuel cost.
Q: fuel cost 50 miles, 20 mpg, $2.09/gal
A: Result: 16.13 Romanian Lei
32. Wolfram Alpha has information about ip addresses.
Q: 18.0.0.1
A: organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
location: Boston,Massachusetts,United States
33. Wolfram Alpha has information about web sites.
Q: google.com
A: company name: Google, Inc.
location: Mountain View, California, United States.
34. Wolfram Alpha can compute a data transfer time.
Q: data transfer time 10GB, 6Mb/s
A: time: 222.2 minutes
35. Wolfram Alpha can analyze data about a stock.
Q: General Electric
A: market cap: $136.2 billion
revenue: $178.7 billion
employees: 323,000
36. Wolfram Alpha can do a mortgage computation.
Q: mortgage $150,000, 6.5%, 30 years
A: monthly payment: $948
37. Wolfram Alpha can compute salary equivalents.
Q: $10.25/hr
A: $1708 per working month
38. Wolfram Alpha can convert one historical quantity of money to another.
Q: $250 1965 dollars in 1995
A: Result: $1207.22 (1995 US dollars)
39. Wolfram Alpha can compute a time difference.
Q: 8:25 am to 7:10pm
A: time span: 10 hours 45 minutes
40. Wolfram Alpha can get the current time zone from a specified zone.
Q: time in Tokyo
A: result: 10:50:44 pm JT | Monday, May 18, 2009
time offset from EEST: +6 hours
41. Wolfram Alpha knows if you are too drunk to drive.
Q: Am I too drunk to drive?
number of drinks: 2
time: 1 hr
weight: 140 lb
A: blood alcohol percentage: 0.06%
42. Wolfram Alpha can compute the estimated risk of heart disease.
Q: heart disease risk 50yo male
A: 10-year risk of developing coronary heart disease: 4.6%
43. Wolfram Alpha can find words matching a pattern.
Q: t__h___o_y
A: technology
44. Wolfram Alpha can translate into Morse code.
Q: Morse code “Alex”
A: .- .-.. . -..-
45. Wolfram Alpha can compute the frequency of a musical note.
Q: F#
A: Standard frequency: 369.994hertz (with middle A tuned to 440hertz)
46. Wolfram Alpha can transform a color name into hexadecimal.
Q: HTML green
A: #008000
47. Wolfram Alpha can specify a character by name.
Q: em dash
A: –
48. Wolfram Alpha can compute a hash code for a string.
Q: MD5 “SoftSailor.com”
A: integer form: 199238047866563080827584821436877724122
hexadecimal form: 95e3 da2c b635 190f 8633 ab92 872d 59da
49. Wolfram Alpha can compute a day or time.
Q: 3 months ago
A: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
50. Wolfram Alpha doesn’t know who I am.
Q: alex dumitru
A: Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input
There are many more uses for Wolfram Alpha, you just have to use your imagination or you can inspire from this examples page.
Please let us know if you find anything funny, weird or interesting.
- THIS POST WAS WRITTEN BY:
- Alex Dumitru
Wolfram Alpha is not quite sure what he is:
Question: Are you intelligent?
Answer: I am capable of universal computation; that I can say.
Question: Can you say you are capable of universal computation?
Answer: Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.
Funny guy, this Wolfram !
you can also make fractals, find out cool stuff about your birthday includign relevant events or famous people with the same birthday.
Q: How do I win the lottery?
A: If I knew that, I’d be on the beach.