Geboortedag Jules Verne

Vandaag is de geboortedag van Jules Verne (1828-1905).
Een mooie manier om wat meer over hem te leren is via Qwiki:

Zoals je hierboven ziet toont Qwiki de informatie die het verzamelt op een redelijk unieke manier!

Dit is wat ze zich tot doel gesteld hebben:

"Qwiki's goal is to forever improve the way people experience information.

Whether you’re planning a vacation on the web, evaluating restaurants on your phone, or helping with homework in front of the family Google TV, Qwiki is working to deliver information in a format that's quintessentially human – via storytelling instead of search.

We are the first to turn information into an experience. We believe that just because data is stored by machines doesn’t mean it should be presented as a machine-readable list. Let's try harder.

Think of asking your favorite teacher about Leonardo Da Vinci, or your most well-traveled friend about Buenos Aires: this is the experience Qwiki will eventually deliver, on demand, wherever you are in the world… on whatever device you’re using.

We've all seen science fiction films (or read novels) where computers are able to collect data on behalf of humans, and present the most important details. This is our goal at Qwiki – to advance information technology to the point it acts human.

Currently, Qwiki's technology has been applied to describe millions of popular topics - but soon we'll do much more. Our team needs your help in reaching our goal: join our alpha now."

Probeer deze "zoekmachine" eens uit voor (geschiedenis) onderwerpen op school, of vul bijvoorbeeld eens gewoon Amsterdam in. Trouwens, er is ook al wat informatie over Kennisnet te vinden en je kunt zelf afbeeldingen en video voordragen om opgenomen te worden in de inmformatie.