Eyeplorer is a graphical knowledge search engine that can be used to help with homework, do research on a new topic, or do creative brainstorming.
Eyeplorer connects your knowledge to the web. It will search the web for any connections that apply to your topic of interest. It begins by displaying concepts that pertain to your subject. Each concept is identified with various size bullet points (eyespots) which indicate common facts (larger eyespots) to lesser known ideas (smaller eyespots). These concepts have also been clustered into general categories. Each category is represented by a different color. Eyeplorer allows you to hide a category that is not of interest to you and you can also expand a category so that it is the only item you have displayed.
To find out more about one of the concepts you simply click on it and you then can read the information found on the web that connects to your topic. If you find information that you want kept for later use, you can drag it into the note pad. Your notes are stored permanently in your account and can be reorganized with the use of tabs according to subject. These notes can be emailed to an address or just copied and pasted to a document on your computer.
You can also have more than one topic in your search. Eyeplorer will then find connections that are common for both.
This is a very nice tool that makes it easy to find information about a specific topic quickly. The graphical display and categorization of content is a huge benefit. It helps to sort and organize the enormous amounts of information that is found.
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