How This App Transforms Your Smartphone into a Thermometer

Author: Aditya

Date: June 24, 2023

Time: 2 pm

The researchers from the University of Washington have developed the app which they are calling FeverPhone.

The market already has a slew of wearables like the Apple Watch which has the feature but it doesn’t come cheap.

The researchers say the phones already have a tech that helps them unlock the features of a thermometer.

The device has a sensor called thermistor which is used to measure the temperature.

The researchers used this data to develop the FeverPhone app

The phone has to be held on the forehead for around 90 seconds for best results.