Thanks to the jittery fingers of Twitterers everywhere, the epic Swine Flu craze has evolved from panic and misinformation into a serious threat. Is there money to be made from Swine Flu hysteria? You bet there is! The quick thinkers at IntuApps have submitted their original idea for a Swine Flu Tracker app to Apple for approval into the App Store.
While it's too early to start believing that we might be moving towards the plot line of the film "I Am Legend", it's good to know that now anyone with an iPhone or iPod touch can panic while on-the-go. Plus you can help everyone in close proximity panic too!
Swine Flu Tracker (free) shows you the current threat level for the disease using a Google maps feed with pins placed in the areas where confirmed or suspected influenza cases have been reported. An alert page containing breaking Swine Flu news and a page with Swine Flu facts is also a handy feature that along with your iPhone's GPS can help you flee infected areas on a moments notice. Add Twitter to the mix and you'll be a threat alert legend.
Swine Flu Tracker is like playing "Where's Waldo" except there are hundreds of Waldos and they're all carrying a life threatening disease. Which makes playing along much more meaningful. I love the idea of this ingenious but truly helpful app. The first person with a Swine Flu Tracker app wins! Congrats IntuApps. Any chance you'll make a Limited Edition Swine Flu Tracker tee shirt?
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Posted by: twitter.com/pastexpiry | October 28, 2009 at 05:06 PM
I've heard that if you get swine flu they take you to hospital in a Hambulance and have to rub oinkment on your chest. So I've heard anyway.
Posted by: PCKid | May 02, 2009 at 06:06 PM
We have developed a similar app and submitted it on Friday! It even has almost the same name. Swine Flu (H1N1) Tracker 2009. You can find info at: http://www.microseconds.com/swine.html
Posted by: flyingdutchman | May 02, 2009 at 03:36 PM
This is a pretty cool App, but there's already a site that shows an animated map of the spread of this virus: http://www.swine-flu-map-animation.com/
Posted by: HotBeans | May 01, 2009 at 08:51 AM