Wolfram Alpha, the search engine which bills itself as a “computational knowledge engine”, has introduced information about all 649 Pokémon into its database.
The data includes the height, weight, and pokédex number of every Pokémon except those introduced in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, the two games just released for the Nintendo 3DS console.
Writing on the Alpha Blog Michael, Feltes explains that the introduction was spurred by the popularity of the Pokémon 'planar curves' on the site.
Wolfram Alpha has long had a feature which allows users to generate polar equations which, when entered into a graphing program, will draw a picture. Characters such asBatman andSuperman, as well real individuals including Albert Einstein and Elvis Presley, can all be generated.
But Pokémon planar curves, from well-known species such as Picachu andMeowth to more obscure ones (only true fans will have much affection for Wailord) were consistently popular.
Source: theguardian
