About this Project
We are the Doppler radar of sickness
Have you ever wondered if that horrible feeling in your stomach was indigestion, or a week-wrecking virus going around? If you have kids, did you ever want a quick way to see if chicken pox or pink eye was going around? Sickweather is the world's first real-time sickness tracking and forecasting service.
Just as Doppler radar scans the skies for indicators of bad weather, Sickweather scans social networks for indicators of illness, allowing users to check for the chance of sickness as easily as they can check for the chance of rain. With more people turning to outlets like Facebook and Twitter to update their friends and followers when they get sick, there is an immense amount of real-time data available on the health of our population. Sickweather's patent pending algorithm filters and qualifies this data and cross references them with location tags to produce real-time "weather maps" of reported symptoms. This information is then used to forecast the movement of contagious illness and other sickness.
We are in the middle of developing an iPhone and Android app that will put this free service in the palms of your hands. We want to add mobile functionality like notification alerts for when new illnesses pop up in your area, as well as animated Sickweather maps and forecasts, so you can easily see if a stomach bug is coming your way.
About The Team
It happens to the best of us-- in fact, it happens to ALL of us.
Just like you, we want perspective on when sickness bubbles up, where it travels and how it affects our lives. We are based in Baltimore, MD where we all grew up together going to school, playing in bands and sharing germs. Our team is made up of regular folks who get sick and who care for their families when they get sick.
We also happen to be a group of experienced web/software developers and entrepreneurs.
Graham
Co-Founder & CEO
James
Co-Founder & COO
Michael
Co-Founder & CTO
Emily
Director of Front End Development
Nick
Art Director
We are looking for
We're looking to expand our core team. If 6 or more of the following terms are somewhere on your resume, please contact us! Objective-C, iOS, iPhone, iPad , Android Development, HTML5, Cocoa, PhoneGap, JQuery and PHP / ...
Some questions with the team
Project Team:
We believe 'sick' doesn't have to be a four letter word.
Location:
Maryland
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App Stats
| OS | iOS , Web |
| Target Age Groups | 22 to 34 , 35 to 44 |
| Revenue Model | Ad-Supported , Freemium |
| Current App Stage | In Development |
| Estimated Launch Date | 15 Nov |
The Caddyshack
You'll get nothing and like it!
Estimated delivery: October 3rd
3000 of 3000 still available.
Swagalicious
You get a handsome Sickweather pen and a convenient Sickweather pillbox. But that's not all! The pen is also convenient AND the pillbox is also handsome!
Estimated delivery: November 14th
199 of 200 still available.
Sickweather T-Shirt
You literally won't be able to find these shirts anywhere else, because we've trademarked the Sickweather logo and if anyone else tries to sell a Sickweather T-Shirt we'll sue them. Not convinced? Did someone say cotton? We're talking crew neck, we're talking style. That's not enough for you? Then we'll include a pen and pillbox!
Estimated delivery: November 14th
100 of 100 still available.
Beta Advertiser
Do you have something that you'd like to see advertised on our website or mobile app? Are you a reasonable person who won't try to advertise something creepy or morally objectionable to our audience? Great! Let's do business! This contribution level will get you 5,000 impressions for your ad.
Estimated delivery: November 16th
19 of 20 still available.
Easter Eggs
We'll design a custom avatar or map marker for you or your business and place it at a specified lat/lon in our map, or we can also place it randomly for you to spend endless hours trying to find. Impress your friends! Have fun with it! This avatar can serve as a map marker for a location that you want to lay claim to, or just to surprise and confuse people who stumble across it. We'll keep it in there for a month or so. Visibility at various zoom levels is subject to our approval.
Estimated delivery: December 14th
29 of 30 still available.
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