Friday, 20 March 2020
A new AI-powered system monitors coughing sounds to understand where the coronavirus is spreading. The FluSense device first detects coughing and crowd sizes in real-time. It then analyzes the data to predict the progress of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases. These insights could guide public health responses to the pandemic, such as the allocation of medical supplies, travel restriction, and vaccine campaigns. [Read: This startup will map the coronavirus spread by looking at your poo] “I’ve been interested in non-speech body sounds for a long time,” said researcher Tauhidur Rahman, an assistant professor of computer and information sciences at the…
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