Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Google Flu Trends

The final post in a whirlwind of updates, I promise:

Today I read about a small project on Google.org that is using geographic data about specific Google searches to accurately predict when and where the flu will hit in various areas of the United States.

What's even more fascinating is that by using this data, Google can outpredict the Center for Disease Control's estimations by up to two weeks...

Check it out at www.google.org/flutrends

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