Digital Universe

From Internet Week, January 29 2006:
"Just at the moment when Google, the Web’s darling child, agreed to censor its search results at the behest of the Chinese government, sparking intense criticism from free speech advocates; a new medium appeared promising to make the Internet truly open and democratic.
It will also inspire creativity, help kids learn better and not be cluttered with a single advertisement.
It’s called the Digital Universe, and it’s not a search engine, but a non-profit directory of the best resources on the Web as determined by a panel of experts. The content, organized into different subject portals, is tied together by a visual navigation system and complemented by an impressive dose of 3-D images and other multimedia including books and video and audio archives along with chat rooms and moderated forums."
Worth a look at http://www.digitaluniverse.net/