Google Tracks the Flu
One more post in what is turning into an all out love fest for Google. Google say it can track progress and spread of the flu through people’s searches in the interwebs. Whats more impressive is that they can compile this data and predict where the flu will hit next.
The premise behind Google Flu Trends — what appears to be a fruitful marriage of mob behavior and medicine — has been validated by an unrelated study indicating that the data collected by Yahoo, Google’s main rival in Internet search, can also help with early detection of the flu. – Miguel Helft New York TImes
Head on over to Google Flu.
After a night of throwing up I now know that while the flu level is low in my state in my house it’s defiantly high.