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In the latest edition of ‘Technology Ireland’, the magazine has a feature on the use of wireless technology in healthcare, and talks to Kieran Daly – VP of Business Development here at Shimmer Research.

Focusing on how wireless technology can transform healthcare delivery, the article looks at how patients can benefit from being monitored, and how clinicians can improve the overall management and quality of patient care through wireless technologies.

Covering topics such a next generation networks, mobile technology, and home care systems, the article also looks at Shimmer to explore current developments in wearable sensors and assisted living solutions. Kieran Daly goes on to discuss the market demand for e-health, and how Telco’s are taking the lead in meeting customer’s needs ahead of the healthcare sector and healthcare institutions.

See the full article on page 40 of the magazine: Technology Ireland Online

Technology Ireland is a bi-monthly magazine published by Enterprise Ireland. The magazine covers the latest news, innovations, and developments across the technology sector.

TEDMED has released the presentation given by Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm at the conference last October. Jacobs shares his vision for the future of Wireless Healthcare where people will always feel in touch with their doctor, and their health can be monitored at all times for when something goes wrong. This he notes will be realised by wearable wireless sensors, to improve individuals’ healthcare from aiding acute and chronic conditions, to a person’s general health and wellbeing. Jacobs demonstrates a Shimmer on the 7:25 mark, which monitors the activity of a person whilst the data is being remotely interpreted in real time.

The program interpreting and displaying the data captured can be viewed on an interview conducted with Paul Jacobs at TEDMED. The program is displayed on the 1:50 mark – view video.

Kieran Daly, VP of Business Development at Shimmer Research was recently interviewed by John Kennedy of Digital 21 in relation to the importance of PhD graduates in developing R+D projects, innovation, and real business opportunities.

Commenting on Shimmer Research’s sustained commitment to wireless sensing innovation, Kieran Daly describes current collaboration being conducted in the area of integrating wireless sensors into garments, and the importance of IRCSET’s enterprise partnership scheme to the project.

You can view the full article on Digital 21’s website, along with a video clip with Kieran Daly being interview in the websites video section titled: ‘Digital-21-IRCSET’. Kieran is interviewed on the 1:10 mark.

The TRIL centre has recently published an article outline their work in developing an Alertness Training Programme. The programme is aimed at improving the attention and alertness of older people, which is seen to have a significant effect on how well they function at home and in their communities, and ultimately on their ability to live independently.

The device which was designed specifically with the end user in mind utilises a Shimmer GSR (Galvanic Skin Response) sensor to indicate and record levels of alertness by the user. The Shimmer GSR is integrated into a cushion like design which makes the device appear less medical or technical and therefore more approachable to non-technically inclined older adults.

Operation

Two leads protrude from the device, and Velcro loops with embedded sensors are worn on the fingers. When the device is switched on, it takes a baseline GSR reading.  The user presses the grey button before self-alerting, and the on-screen graph spikes upward to indicate a higher level of alertness, as measured by galvanic skin response.  The GSR data is recorded to a micro-SD card, for later analysis.

To read the full article, please select the following link

In a recent article in the Life Science Review, Dr Declan Bogan looks at Connected Health, and the current businesses, projects, and research involved in the industry across the island of Ireland.

He notes the current difficulties facing the industry such as acceptance of the technologies involved by the end user, clinicians, and GP’s, along with the interoperability between various products. But goes onto note the vast growth that is predicted in the area with the Tele-health industry expected to grow to $8bn by 2012, from revenues of $591m in 2005.

Commenting on the contribution of businesses to research in the area, Dr. Bogan identifies Shimmer as a sensor platform that enables researchers to capture a wide range sensed data. He noted how the highly reconfigurable platform allows researchers to save time and money by moving beyond developing core foundation technologies and focus on the valuable data obtained by the wireless sensor platform.

Read Dr. Bogan’s full article on Connected Health in the Life Science Review.

Watch SHIMMER coverage from RTE Six-One news. Coverage starts 1.5 minutes into the link.

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