Q&A: UCL computer scientist hails runaway success of iphone stethoscope

Peter Bentley readily admits he developed a piece of software that turned an iphone into a stethoscope as a bit of 'fun'. But the experiment that began in UCL Computer Science has become a runaway success by any measure. iStethoscope has been downloaded millions of times since Bentley submitted it to Apple's iTunes App Store. Now cardiologists and other medical professionals around the world are using a new version of iStethoscope as part of their clinical practice. What is iStethoscope?. 'iStethoscope' turns your iphone into a stethoscope. It's an audio amplifier which takes sound from the built-in microphone, amplifies and filters it in real time, and plays it to the user.
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