"New smartphone app would track spread of Ebola"

"The app, called Node, monitors location patterns (e.g. where people are and where they go), habits (e.g. walking, sleeping), and resource needs (e.g. hand sanitizers or gloves) to help people find care, improve the monitoring of disease, and increase awareness of disease prevention.

While this Ebola epidemic is waning, the researchers hope the app may be useful in response to future epidemics, of Ebola or other diseases.

The app is the brainchild of Solomon Abiola, a research associate at the University of Rochester Medical Center, who came up with the idea during his undergraduate studies at Princeton University as a way of monitoring meningitis amongst students."
http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/rochester-researchers-receive-nsf-grant-for-pilot-study-of-smartphone-technology-for-monitoring-of-ebola-103622/