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Smart Speakers Like the Nest and Echo Could One Day Be Contactless Heart Monitors
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A prototype of the University of Washington s contactless, smart speaker-based heart monitor. (Image: Mark Stone/University of Washington)
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As it turns out, smart speakers have proven to be handy in hospitals, allowing patients to independently control devices, as well as lessen the workload for clinicians and caretakers. And now, researchers from the University of Washington have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables these devices to monitor regular and irregular heartbeats.