This Ring May Detect COVID-19 Before You Feel It
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 964 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Learn about how the Oura smart ring could detect fever before you feel it; why there are no stars in moon landing photos; and why it “stinks” that honeybees have been documented using tools for the first time.
This smart ring may detect fever before you feel it by Steffie Drucker
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Why aren't there stars in moon landing photos? Originally aired July 2, 2018: https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/impostor-syndrome-moon-landing-photos-explained-an
Honeybees have been documented using tools for the first time -- and it stinks by Grant Currin
- Honey bees use animal feces as a defense against giant hornet attacks. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/wc-hbu120320.php
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- Mattila, H. R., Otis, G. W., Nguyen, L. T. P., Pham, H. D., Knight, O. M., & Phan, N. T. (2020). Honey bees (Apis cerana) use animal feces as a tool to defend colonies against group attack by giant hornets (Vespa soror). PLOS ONE, 15(12), e0242668. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242668
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily. |
| 0:04.5 | From Curiosity.com, I'm Cody Goff. |
| 0:06.5 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:07.5 | Today you learn about a smart ring that could detect a fever before you feel it, |
| 0:11.5 | why there are no stars in moon landing photos, and why it stinks that |
| 0:15.6 | honey bees have been documented using tools for the first time. |
| 0:19.2 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:21.5 | Smart watches and fitness trackers aren't just for New Year's resolutions anymore. |
| 0:26.0 | Researchers are recognizing their potential for diagnosing real health risks, |
| 0:31.0 | from heart problems to viral infections. |
| 0:34.0 | And now a proof of concept study has demonstrated that one popular |
| 0:37.8 | wearable may be able to detect a wearer's fever |
| 0:41.3 | before they feel it and prevent the spread of disease in the |
| 0:45.1 | process. By the way this is not a sponsored story it's just science and technology |
| 0:50.0 | that's stuff we do so here you go. |
| 0:53.0 | The wearable I'm talking about is the ORA smart ring, |
| 0:56.0 | which records users heart rate, activity level, and temperature. |
| 1:00.0 | And this isn't the first time it's made headlines. |
| 1:02.0 | The NBA adopted the device in 2020 to keep the And this isn't the first time it's made headlines. |
| 1:02.5 | The NBA adopted the device in 2020 to keep tabs on players health during the pandemic. |
| 1:08.1 | Of course, athletic endorsements aren't evidence. |
| 1:10.9 | So the company joined forces with the University of San Francisco on what they call the Tem predict study a research project to see if the ring could help identify the onset of COVID-19. |
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