Rhiza Labs

Meet Folio

Andrew Macurak — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:58:01 +0000

Rhiza Folio has such broad appeal to program managers, communications staff, and project coordinators that I sometimes have difficulty encapsulating all its value when I talk to people about it. So, I’ve made a video showing a few of the many ways that Folio can turn your project data into an engaging and useful showcase [...]

Rhiza CEO, Josh Knauer, Interview on Sunday Business Page with Jon Delano

The Rhiza Team — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:01:44 +0000

Josh Knauer, CEO of Rhiza Labs, was interviewed on the Sunday Business Page with Jon Delano, aired locally on KDKA-TV, a CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh. Josh and Jon discussed Rhiza’s FluTracker website and methodology, some of Rhiza’s other projects and also the new rugged mobile data collection devices that Rhiza is reselling for SDG [...]

Pop City Magazine: Rhiza Labs joins Google to help Amazon tribe save its homeland

Josh Knauer — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:09:12 +0000

Pop City Magazine just published an article featuring our work with the Surui Tribe and Google. From the article: Rhiza Labs is working with an endangered tribe in the Amazon rainforest to save their homeland. The South Side’s firm was asked by Google and the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) to develop a platform that gathers data [...]

Rhiza Offers Rugged Android Phones & PDAs

Maryl Curran Widdows — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:38:59 +0000

Rhiza is pleased to announce that we now offer rugged Android phones and PDAs that are customized to work with Rhiza Insight for clients who need a flexible, open and dependable platform for mobile data collection. Built to withstand extreme temperatures and the general beating most mobile computers get when they are used in the [...]

Rhiza Labs and the Surui Carbon Project

Josh Knauer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:12 +0000

The San Francisco Chronicle published a great article highlighting the excellent work that the Surui Tribe, Google and the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) have been doing together for years . The project is being promoted as a model for ecological and cultural preservation around the world. Rhett Butler wrote another informative article published in Washington [...]

A busy week for FluTracker

Andrew Macurak — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:46:31 +0000

The best way to stop the spread of swine flu is to stay informed. Luckily, as flu season begins and the threat mounts, major media outlets have been getting the word out about FluTracker. Read below to get the latest on how FluTracker is making an impact. TV news outlets highlight using FluTracker to find flu [...]

Rhiza’s CEO to Deliver Keynote at GIS Conference

The Rhiza Team — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:51:59 +0000

Josh Knauer will be delivering the keynote address to the NW Pennsylvania GIS Conference at Clarion University on October 15, 2009. About the talk: Collaboration, Participation and Innovation: The Future of GIS Geospatial technology is changing the world. Yet the general public does not understand the impact of GIS on their lives, their governments, and their communities. The [...]

Tune in: Crowdsourcing and the H1N1 Virus Webinar with URISA

Andrew Macurak — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:55:59 +0000

This Wednesday, September 23 at 3:00 PM (EST) URISA, the Urban Regional Information System Alliance will be hosting an exciting Webinar about the controlled crowdsourcing technology behind Rhiza’s popular FluTracker website. FluTracker is able to make outbreak data available to the public 5-10 days ahead of the estimates provided by the CDC. This Webinar will explain [...]

A New Take on the WaPo’s Flu Map

The Rhiza Team — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:00:44 +0000

View full size | Sources: World Health Organization; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Photos: The Washington Post, Reuters and Bloomberg | Graphic: Patterson Clark, The Washington PostThe Washington Post created this infographic to illustrate the spread of swine flu over the summer. It’s great to see major media sources breaking down a complicated [...]

FluTracker in URISA News

Andrew Macurak — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:16:34 +0000

Learn more about the design process behind FluTracker from Jeff Christensen, Rhiza Labs’ Chief Product Officer, in the latest URISA News. URISA is the leading association for professionals in the urban and regional information systems, with chapters across the United States. Read the full article after the jump: FluTracker: How a 6-Person Company Launched a Global [...]