Examples by Topic

Technological World

 
Technological World
get data about a broadcast station

WBBM-TV

find allocations for a given frequency

frequency allocations 900MHz

translate a string into Morse code

Morse code "Wolfram Alpha"

get information about a satellite

International Space Station

compare satellites

Echostar 1, Echostar 2

get information about a space probe

Voyager 1

compare space probes

Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11

compute subject magnification

subject magnification 10m

compute hyperfocal distance

hyperfocal distance, f-stop 8

encode text as a barcode

barcode WolframAlpha

generate a barcode corresponding to an ISBN-10

ISBN 1-5795-5008-8

get information about a structure

Golden Gate Bridge

do computations with properties of structures

height CN Tower / Merchandise Mart

get data on a nuclear power station

Three Mile Island

get information about multiple nuclear reactors

Angra-1 reactor, Lacrosse reactor

get data on nuclear explosions

nuclear explosions in China

largest nuclear test in the US

last nuclear test by North Korea

get information about a property of a nuclear explosion

yield of the trinity nuke test

determine the amount of carbon released for a given fuel

carbon footprint coal

calculate the carbon emissions from a road trip

carbon footprint driving 536 miles at 32mpg