Haystack: A More Compelling View Of Your Data

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 4, 2003 @03:08AM from the filled-with-needles dept.

Peristaltic writes "MIT's Haystack project has released the source for it's "Universal Information Client", Haystack. In their words: 'Haystack looks into the use of artificial intelligence techniques for analyzing unstructured information and providing more accurate retrieval.' Unlike some attempts I've seen in the past to pull it all together on my desktop, Haystack shows some promise -- One of it's more useful features allows you to take the information you've been wallowing through, and have Haystack continually refine a 'dynamic hierarchy' until you get what you need. Haystack also performs some neat tricks such as combining Email, IM, web pages, etc. into a single inbox."

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Re:That's great and all, but.. by RevMike · 2003-06-04 03:16 · Score: 5, Funny

So should I assume you don't want it embedded within Emacs.
Isn�t this named for the problem? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-04 03:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Isn't haystack the problem that this tries to fix? I think this project should have been called 'needle' or possibly 'findy.'
Screenshots by ergonal · 2003-06-04 03:26 · Score: 4, Funny

There was only one measly screenshot in the overview section, and NO screenshots in the screenshot section, so here's another one.
Hahhahaha suckers! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-04 03:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Nothing like slashdotting MIT to make you feel like you've accomplished something! How's your precious class-A IP registry now?

Sincerely

Bunker Hill Community College