Wireless Sensing

‘Paradigm shift unmatched since the advent of the personal computer’

Dr. Peter Lucas, CEO/Founder Maya Design

‘The era of intelligent connectivity is dawning. And the Industry is about to hit the fast forward button’

John Gantz, ‘The Embedded Internet’, 2009

The Future of Healthcare: ‘More personalised, much more real time, should be lower cost, should be higher performance … because you’ve got a sensor’

Paul Jacobs, CEO Qualcomm

The adoption of wireless sensor networks (WSN) is increasing from areas of industrial processing, environmental monitoring, smart buildings, automation, to sports science and healthcare.

WSN is also often referred to as Ubiquitous Computing, where omnipresent wireless sensors interact constantly with the real world. Wireless sensors are forecasted to see explosive growth in the coming years and become integrated into our social fabric and everyday activities such as our homes, cars, office settings, factories, hospitals, and on our person.

WSN’s allow for accurate real-time information on areas of key concern, and have the potential to provide advanced warnings of natural disasters, healthcare emergencies, and real time feedback for rehabilitation and sport technique analysis.

Here’s a short video clip we find useful to show the potential growth and future for ubiquitous computing and wireless sensing …

Wearable … Wireless

Sense … Connect

Embed … Innovate …

Shimmer provides the platform to be at the leading edge of this technology, and the Shimmer platform has pioneered wearable sensing. Overcoming traditional challenges such as size, wearability, reliable wireless communication, and power consumption have been integral in developing a platform that can be used in real world applications.

Shimmer research is committed to advancing wearable wireless sensing, making wearable sensing a reality for every day applications, activities and technologies … Our vision …

‘Wearable sensing – the key to Real Life in Real Time’