{
  "id": 16797569,
  "title": "Meet Kayley Xu: San Diego student wins $25,000 for wearable stethoscope idea",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/meet-kayley-xu-san-diego-student-wins-25-000-for-wearable-stethoscope",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-27T20:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/discovery/meet-kayley-xu-a-san-diego-student-who-developed-aucura-a-wearable-stethoscope-designed-to-improve-respiratory-diagnostics-and-won-a-25000-national-entrepreneurship-prize/articleshow/135213253.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kayley Xu, a Year 12 student, developed Aucura, a wearable stethoscope designed to enhance respiratory diagnostics and access. After recovering from pneumonia, she sought to improve traditional stethoscopes that have changed little over time. Xu overcame challenges by creating a model of the human torso to test her device effectively. Her design aims to be affordable for clinics in rural and…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}