Google Flu Trends
Among all the ridiculous uses or the Internet there are a few gems. Things that could be done as well and as cheaply no where else.
Google Flu Trends is a Google Trends page for searches related to the Flu tracked over time. As people get the Flu and search for information about it Google tracks those searches and can plot them against past years of the same search and by geographical region of the computer IP addresses doing the search. This makes a *real time* chart of Flu progress.
Have you gotten a Flu shot yet or are you gambling?
Among all the ridiculous uses or the Internet there are a few gems. Things that could be done as well and as cheaply no where else.
Google Flu Trends is a Google Trends page for searches related to the Flu tracked over time. As people get the Flu and search for information about it Google tracks those searches and can plot them against past years of the same search and by geographical region of the computer IP addresses doing the search. This makes a *real time* chart of Flu progress.
Have you gotten a Flu shot yet or are you gambling?