Contact tracing apps: to succeed, they should learn a trick from fitness trackers
There's definitely such a thing as society – which is a huge challenge for developing an app that will ward off COVID-19.
April 29, 2020 • ~7 min
There's definitely such a thing as society – which is a huge challenge for developing an app that will ward off COVID-19.
There's definitely such a thing as society – which is a huge challenge for developing an app that will ward off COVID-19.
A system that enables smartphones to transmit “chirps” to nearby devices could notify people if they have been near an infected person.
Research indicates people would be willing to give up privacy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new app, which will be used to collect data to develop machine learning algorithms that could automatically detect whether a person is suffering from COVID-19 based on the sound of their voice, their breathing and coughing, has been launched by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
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