I just wanted to share a news story I came across this afternoon. Google is introducing a new site called Flu Trends (www.google.org/flutrends/) that claims to be faster at predicting flu outbreaks than traditional means of doing so. The site will keep track the instances where people search for "flu symptoms" and related searches. Since Google is able to track what state you are in when performing such searches, they think they will be able to track flu outbreaks more quickly.
If you're interested, more information is available via CNN.
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