Google's mission is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." To this end, Google showcases some prototypes and products in development on the Google Labs, the web site of Google's research group.

Visit Google Labs' home page at labs.google.com.

Note: Google Labs updates its site periodically. So you may find prototypes or demos different from the ones shown here.

In Parts II and III, I mention graduates of Google Labs, services and tools that have been refined and made available through Google's home page.

       Search by Location (Google Local)
       Google Alerts
       Google Glossary

In this final lesson of the Special Tools section, I describe a Google Labs' prototype search tools:

       Google Sets

Google will likely refine some of these demos and make them available through Google's home page. If you want to become part of Google's development process, try out these prototypes and provide feedback to the engineers who developed them.

Google Sets - labs.google.com/sets Automatically create sets of items from a few examples. Enter a few items from a set of things. Then press the "Large Set" button or the "Small Set" button and Google Sets will try to predict other items in the set. For example, if you enter Golden Gate Bridge, Palace of Fine Arts, and Coit Tower, Google Sets suggests other places worth visiting in San Francisco.

Exercises

1. Visit Google Labs. Try two of the prototypes and demos that are listed on the site.

2. Get suggestions for books by entering some of your favorite authors or titles and asking Google Sets to predict other members of the set.

3. Enter some of your favorite movies and see if Google Sets recommends either movies you haven't seen or other of your favorite movies.

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