App to detect COVID-19
An app which will diagnose you whether you have COVID-19 or not? Now it’s becoming more possible.
The Cambridge University and Carnegie Mellon University are independently working to develop an app which will recognise after listen to the user cough if he is Coronavirus positive. Both Universities developes are based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. To find patterns computers analyse large amounts of data.
The goal is to be able to distinguish the Covid-19 from other illnesses including the flu, but it won’t replace the doctor assessment. To do the research and gain data, members of the public are asked to breathe and cough into a computer’s microphone, as well as provide details of their age, gender, approximate location, and whether they have recently tested positive for the coronavirus.
“The aim is to collect enough data to check whether from these sounds we’re able to diagnose people who have Covid-19 and perhaps even the stage of the disease,” explains Prof Cecilia Mascolo. The apps will help to indicate if someone should have a proper COVID-19 test done.