[1] Its algorithms return results that are disparate, but potentially metaphorically related to the user's query.
The idea for the engine came to Foster-Smith and Neeley in February 2011 during a late night conversation while they were students at the Royal College of Art in Design Interactions.
[1] As an example, YossarianLives talks about "The Stephen Fry Problem," an issue where individual users' understanding of particular metaphors vary.
[9] Yossarian Lives has seen coverage in The Observer, WIRED, the New Scientist, the Metro, and the Times of India.
[2] In November 2011, Yossarian Lives won a placement in Wave IV at InnovationRCA,[12] a James Dyson and NESTA funded incubator.
was a finalist at Seedcamp's January London 2012 Event,[10][14] and the winner of the Thinking Digital Start-Up Competition in May 2012.