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Oil Reporter was built by Intridea for the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on the semi-submersible offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico killing 11 rig workers and injuring 17 others. On April 24, it was found that the wellhead was damaged and was leaking oil into the Gulf.

Oil Reporter enables people to help with the recovery effort by using real-time check-ins to report what they're seeing on the ground. Users can upload photos and videos, reporting oil sighting, harmed wildlife sightings and much more.

The timeliness of this application was critical to its usefulness; we created Oil Reporter in just three days. By arming people on the ground with a tool for tracking and reporting the spill damage we were able to make new discoveries about citizen journalism and how mobile applications can play a key role during times of natural disaster and other crises.

Oil Reporter was featured on news such as CNN, NPR, CBS, and O'Reilly.

After recovering from heart surgery performed in May 2008, EarthAid.net founder Greg O'Keeffe went on to imagine TriYourHeartOut.org, a website Intridea was proud to design and develop. TriYourHeartOut promotes heart-healthy living, while simultaneously showcasing the quality of care available to patients today. Individuals and their families can educate themselves about all facets of heart surgery, ranging from preparation to recovery.

Intridea worked to ensure this website provided easy access to the important heart-related information provided by O'Keeffe and the surgeon who performed his operation, Dr. Allan Stewart. At the same time, the website provides a library of triathlon results -- celebrating the mutual physical accomplishments of O'Keeffe, Stewart, and friends.

Tradui, Creole for "translate", is an iPhone and Android translation application that was designed to help on-the-ground aid workers after the Haiti Earthquake. Tradui translates Creole to English and English to Creole, enabling disaster relief workers to more easily communicate with local Haitians.

The data for this application was extracted with permission from the HaitiSurf Creole to English Dictionary. All of the translation capabilities of Tradui are available offline.