Lucknow: The Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) has developed an affordable, unobstructive and compact technology that can monitor lung health of patients continuously.The technology has been developed by a group of inventors from IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Kharagpur, and the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Naya Raipur and is financially supported by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The technology is already patented. The system includes an acoustic mask with highly sensitive sound sensors and an intelligent corded device to sense the inaudible breathing sounds from the user’s mouth and nose. The corded device consists of a wi-fi module for sharing the lung health status with healthcare provider. The device is equipped with a highly durable battery that provides seamless continuous monitoring and a local storage unit that stores the processed audio data for long-term inferences and a processing unit that has inbuilt memory and microprocessor. We also published the following articles recentlyIIT-K alumnus donates ₹41L to help needy patientsDecoding the future of technology"We cannot be satisfied with incremental technology"