Larry Brilliant (google.org director) has been interested in using online data gathering for predicting and containing outbreaks for a while. Mining google sea

Larry Brilliant (google.org director) has been interested in using online data gathering for predicting and containing outbreaks for a while. Mining google search queries is a step up from Brilliant's previously advocated method of automatically correlating reports of illness from news outlets around the world. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/larry_brilliant_wants_to_stop_pandemics.html http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/larry_brilliant_wants_to_...