Since launching Wolfram|Alpha, we have successfully released a new version of the site each week. Below is a summarized list of the new datasets and features that have been added to Wolfram|Alpha since May 18, 2009.
Enhancements to the site include approximately doubled content and computation algorithms; significantly increased linguistic recognition; “nearest interpretation” and basic language translation technology; many new frameworks for comparing, combining, and selecting data; much more extensive cross-connections between different types of data and computations, and API; and iPhone and iPad apps.
Here is a sampling of specific new types of content:
Math & Calculations
- Card game computations »
- Data on famous mathematical problems »
- Properties of probability distributions »
- Transfinite numbers and arithmetic »
- Error-correcting and other algebraic codes »
- Polyominoes, tiling, and related constructs »
- Complex maps and complex analysis »
- Dynamical systems theory and chaotic systems »
- Turing machines »
Physical Sciences
- Many new chemical compounds and properties »
- All known historical supernovas »
- Sunspots since 1700 »
- Real-time and historical space weather »
- All known pulsars »
- Lunar and planetary surface features »
- Standard model of cosmology »
- Nuclear fallout computations »
Biology & Medicine
- Statistics on 5000+ diseases and symptoms »
- Exercise physiology for 500 activities »
- ICD-9 medical coding »
- Cancer biomarkers »
- Data on teeth »
- Locations and frequencies of SNPs »
- Mouse, rat, and 10 other complete genomes »
- Multiple genome sequence alignment »
Geographic information
- 60,000+ additional cities »
- 43,000+ states, counties, etc. within countries »
- Metro and urban area demographic data and history »
- Local mapping of 2 million streets etc. »
- Undersea features, topography, and computations »
Socioeconomic data
- Detailed cost of living data for US cities »
- House sales and price distributions for US cities »
- Detailed city relocation computations »
- Historical data on US federal income tax collection »
- Current and historical crime statistics for US cities »
- Worldwide data on adherents to religions, denominations, etc. »
- 30 years of detailed data on oil, gas, electricity production & consumption »
- Detailed health care data for major countries »
- Worldwide historical consumption data for 71 food types »
- Extensive state- and area-level US economic indicators »
- Military force information by country »
Earth Sciences
- Weather forecast data »
- Real-time and historical earthquake data »
- Heating and cooling degree days »
- Data from 100+ climate studies »
Engineering
- Standard bolts, wire gauges, pipes, plates, etc »
- Psychrometric properties of moist air »
- Sound and light propagation in the atmosphere »
- Electromagnetic frequency allocations »
- Aviation computations »
- Mechanical, lever, pulley, etc. computations »
- Electric circuit »
Finance & Economics
- 300 new detailed financial properties of companies, stocks, etc. »
- Hundred of mutual fund categories »
- Extensive cash flow and related computations »
- Modern portfolio theory computations »
- Many types of derivatives valuations »
- Detailed city relocation computations »
Culture & Activities
- Complete data on Academy Awards, Nobel Prizes, etc. »
- Comprehensive data on Olympic games since 1896 »
- Data on thousands of additional historical events »
- Extensive additional color data and computations »
- Data on standardized test results »
- Historical calendar systems »
- More information on notable people »