Google developing new technology to combat insect-borne diseases using decades-old datasets mined by Google Books

As hundreds of millions of people are affected by insect-borne diseases every year, Google is developing a new technology to combat such diseases using decades-old datasets mined by Google Books. "A team at Google Brain is using decades-old datasets mined by Google Books -- along with a newly developed sensory map for odour -- to combat this major global health issue," Google said in a blogpost.