
Physics Today News Picks A blog of hand-picked science news from the staff of Physics Today Home Print edition Advertising Buyers Guide Jobs Events calendar NASA sends team to Chile to help trapped miners News Picks home Two Chinese satellites have deliberate close encounter iStethoscope app replacing real thing By Physics Today on September 1, 2010 9:55 AM No Comments No TrackBacks Daily Mail A free iPhone app has been replacing an essential piece of equipment for hundreds of doctors : the stethoscope . To use the app , which is called iStethoscope , one presses the iPhone’s built-in microphone against the bare chest for a few seconds , then gives the device a shake . Its motion sensors and camera capture the heart’s waveform , which is then displayed on the iPhone’s screen . Developed by