IBM Donates Health Conscious Software

IBM has decided to freely distribute software that they say can predict the spread of infectious diseases worldwide. They are hoping that the program STEM (Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler) can assist scientists and health officials in their responses to such diseases as bird flu. The organization was founded by IBM and more than 20 other health institutions worldwide, and they are counting on developers to customize the software to fit the need of a particular area with an incredible array of tools that feature multiple populations, disease interaction, and epidemiology.

 

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