Latest News Items about Shimmer and Shimmer Research
Healthy Horizon’s Alex de Jong recently interviewed Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm. Jacob’s talks about the advances in personalised medicine and the various ways in which wireless technology is transforming the healthcare sector as a whole – from increasing the productivity of doctors to improving patient care. Featured in the short video clip is a Shimmer acting as an Activity Monitor, worn around the neck a toy ‘Cookie Monster’. View the Paul Jacobs Interview … Shimmer is displayed on the 1:50 mark.
Shimmer Research was hailed as one of Ireland’s ‘inventive tech firms getting a head start in Ireland’s economic recovery’ in an article by Roisin Burke in the Sunday Independent. The article details a number of Irish companies involved in innovative technologies with large potential for future growth, and talks about some of the current uses and future developments associated with the Shimmer platform. Read the Sunday Independent Article.
Finally, a current blog item on Health Informatics Forum details the content of the recently held ‘Wireless Sensing Research and Connected Health Activities in Ireland’ conference which was hosted by Shimmer Research and Realtime Technologies this May. To get a nice synopsis of the event, please visit the Health Informatics Forum blog.