Video of the day: Stethoscopes going digital.

Stethoscopes have become synonymous for Medical Profession. But in this era of portable ultrasound, smartphone apps about almost anything and everything most doctors still use analogue stethoscopes. 

But Hon Weng Chong, a physician in Melbourne have designed a simple, compact, portable device that can be paired with a smartphone in recording heartbeats and respiratory rates. Further this record can be stored on the smartphone, only to be recalled at later date or uploaded to a cloud based server.

The digital stethoscope is called Clinicloud. It comes with a digital thermometer that does not requires skin contact to check the temperature.

The data can be shared with your physician or healthcare provider. The physician also can easily compare it with your last reading.

Here is the video reviewing the Clinicloud