Shimmer Sensing

Shimmer is a Dublin based company that produces wearable wireless sensors, which can be used to monitor health, athletic performance and biophysical responses.

Shimmer (an acronym for Sensing Health with Intelligence, Modularity, Mobility, and Experimental Reusability) was founded in 2008 as a division of Realtime Electronics when Intel offered current CEO Paddy White the global licence for the sensor platform. Intel originally held the licence because the first wearable sensor was developed there by Ben Kurtis in 2006. In 2009, Kurtis joined Shimmer as chief technical officer and the company launched an R&D facility in Boston, Massachusetts. Up until 2013 they sold their products to research groups and universities. Since then they have also been selling the platform to sports, medical and marketing companies for use in development of new products.

In March 2014, Shimmer signed a deal with Emerge Diagnostics to develop a product that can detect the age of an injury. This technology can be used to determine if an injury is acute or chronic. The company saw a growth in sales of over 400% between 2010 and 2014. As of 2014 they ship to over 70 countries.