Tulane Developing COVID Test You Can Take on Your Smartphone If there is one certain way we can curtail the spread of COVID-19 it would be through improved testing. Right now our testing is pretty accurate but it's not really convenient nor is it particularly fast. Researchers at Tulane University hope to rectify that situation with a new testing program and protocol they've developed using your saliva and your smartphone. Dr. Tony Hu, the Chair of Biotechnology Innovation at Tulane told the Louisiana Radio Network that the test has a 97% accuracy rate. It should also be fairly inexpensive to distribute and the fact that it works with the kinds of smartphones that almost everyone has makes this testing idea very intriguing.