Smart thermometer

Since 2012 Kinsa has distributed smart thermometers to two million households across the US.

The thermometers transmit their readings to an app on the users' phones.

This shows hot spots where the level of high temperatures is exceptional and so can be used to identify outbreaks of disease.

[1] Continuous readings can be provided by wearable or adhesive thermometers but it is difficult to measure core body temperature in this way.

Novel technologies under development include skin tattoos using flexible electronics and deep body heat flux sensors.