"Smartphone App Detects Fevers with Accuracy"

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed an app called FeverPhone that can transform smartphones into thermometers without adding new hardware. The app uses the phone's touchscreen and repurposes the existing battery temperature sensors to gather data that a machine learning model uses to estimate people's core body temperatures. The app estimated core body temperatures with accuracy comparable to some consumer thermometers. The potential of such technology is exciting for doctors, and it could help public health agencies intervene much sooner.