AI-powered stethoscope can spot pneumonia without a doctor

Scientists have invented the gadget to be able to spot warning signs - without the need for a doctor's trained ear. Using noise-filtering technology and an understanding of what lungs with pneumonia sound like, the stethoscope could save lives, its developers say. The Feelix and FeelixPro stethoscopes will be launched this year and scientists say it correctly identifies the disease almost nine times out of 10. Developed by experts from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, the stethoscope is believed to be 87 per cent accurate at diagnosing the lung disease. Pneumonia, which causes the lungs to fill with fluid, kills almost one million children under the age of five globally each year.