Our smartphones can do a lot of things, from helping us find the quickest way to a new place or paying for our coffee without a single click. But can smartphones stop epidemics before they happen? Last Week, Fast Company covered some new research from MIT and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology published in Nature, which suggests that we could use the GPS abilities in our phones to avoid epidemics and the spread of disease. Head over to Fast Company to learn more about this research, and its pros and cons.