U.S. aircraft maker Lockheed Martin and Australian software developer ResApp Health are collaborating to develop an app that will tell pilots if they’re fit to fly based on the sound of their cough, according to a report by Business Insider Australia.
According to the report, the companies will build the software to predict “warfighter readiness and potential chronic and acute illness in a variety of contexts using only a standard mobile phones instead of specialized, expensive medical devices.”
“The technology will check whether a pilot’s cough is just a little too chesty for the doctor’s liking,” the report said. “ResApp can diagnose the severity of diseases such as pneumonia, asthma and bronchiolitis by coughing into a phone. ResApp’s forte lies in audio-based machine learning algorithms that can identify what kind of cough you have.”
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