How This New Tech Could Help Detect a Fever Before Actually Feeling It

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could know when you’re about to get sick? Thanks to a new smart ring, you might soon be able to do just that!

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00:00wouldn't it be nice to know when you're about to get sick thanks to a new smart ring you might soon

00:08be able to do just that eureka alert reports a device worn on the finger could be used to detect

00:13fevers before you feel it which is a symptom of covid-19 and the flu a team from the university

00:18of california san diego uc san francisco and mit lincoln lab published their findings in the journal

00:24scientific reports the study is a proof of concept for the aura ring that records temperature heart

00:29rate respiratory rate and levels of activity throughout the day and night researchers looked

00:34at 65 000 people wearing the ring and noticed that fever onset often happened before subjects

00:39reported symptoms wearables like this could be used as an early alert system for covid the goal is to

00:44create an algorithm that can predict the onset of symptoms like fever cough and fatigue by the end

00:50of the year