Archive for August, 2007
SciVee: A YouTube for Science?
I just read about an interesting new website called SciVee created by The National Science Foundation, Public Library of Science, and the San Diego Supercomputing Center that appears to be targeted to become a YouTube for Science. According to the Slashdot post scientists can upload their research papers, accompanied by a video where they [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Freebase: A freely usable database of knowledge
I haven’t blogged in a while and thought I would write about Freebase. I just recently received an invitation to try out their alpha version and my first impressions are quite positive. According to the Freebase website:
Freebase.com is home to a global knowledge base: a structured, searchable, writeable and editable database [...]
