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An app can transform smartphones into thermometers that accurately detect fevers
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An app can transform smartphones into thermometers that accurately detect fevers

by Stefan Milne, University of Washington A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has created an app—FeverPhone—that transforms smartphones into thermometers without adding new hardware. To take someone’s temperature, the screen of a smartphone is held to a patient’s forehead. Shown here is lead author Joseph Breda (left), a UW doctoral student in the Paul...