Researchers create AI that listens for coughs and sneezes to identify respiratory illnesses

Researchers create an AI microphone that listens for coughs and sneezes in public spaces to predict how many people have respiratory illnesses at any given time even if they haven’t been to a doctor for treatment Researchers created a device that analyzes audio samples to detect coughs The device, called FluSense, has an AI that … Read more

‘I do not have a fever’: Moment BBC News host doing coronavirus Q&A coughs into her hand

‘I do not have a fever’: Moment BBC News host doing coronavirus Q&A coughs into her hand then insists she does not have deadly bug and blames it on the ‘dusty studio’ Carrie Gracie coughed while presenting Coronavirus: Your Questions Answered  She reassured viewers it is not a persistent cough and she does not have … Read more

As coronavirus sweeps the globe, the old adage is true: Coughs and sneezes spread diseases

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled. Tourists are stranded, quarantined in their hotels. World stock markets are in freefall, and there are reports of desperate shoppers stockpiling crates of supplies – from nappies to medicines to toilet roll. Sales of surgical spirit have surged and Boots announced it has sold out of anti-bacterial hand gel. There’s … Read more