Open Wearables Initiative (OWEAR) Releases Open Source Software and Datasets Database
CAMBRIDGE, MA – June 8, 2020 – Shimmer Research, a global leader in wearable technology for research applications, today announced that the Open Wearables Initiative (OWEAR) has uploaded its open source software and datasets database for wearable sensors and other connected...
Shimmer Initiates Research to Predict the Course and outcome of COVID-19
Boston MA, May 11th, on an examination of the findings from the latest medical news and journals over the past few weeks, it has taught us that patients experiencing respiration difficulty typically start to deteriorate quickly during the second week...
Shimmer Featured in Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices
Dublin, Ireland May 05th, President of Shimmer Americas, Geoff Gill documents the importance of capturing raw sensor data for clinical trials in this months version of the Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices (Vol. 16, No. 5, May 2020) by the supporting...
Call to Researchers to Help Use Bioimpedance to Manage COVID-19
Managing the treatment of COVID-19 patients has become one of the most critical challenges of this pandemic. Because COVID-19 attacks the lungs, monitoring respiration is critical to managing the disease. Bioimpedance can measure respiration rate, depth, and potentially even fluid...
Transferring Consensys Data
We understand in these unprecedented times of lock-downs and social distancing, that you may need to collaborate remotely with colleagues. Shimmer data collected and uploaded onto 1 PC, can be shared and transferred onto multiple other PCs. We’ve provided some...
Shimmer Response to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Updated: 08 July 2020 Shimmer has created a “Covid-19 Sanitation Guide” for all Shimmer customers who wish to acquire details for sanitising their Shimmer products after use. You can find this here. Updated: 03 April 2020 As before, Shimmer remains dedicated...
USF Researchers Use Shimmer Sensors To Measure The Emotional Response To USA Presidential Debate
USF students and faculty volunteers watch the Feb. 19 Democratic Presidential Primary while hooked to biometric sensors. Mark Schreiner WUSF Public Media Article by Mark Schreiner for WUSF. When it comes to determining who won a Presidential debate, methods include questionnaires, phone...
Are Political Opinions Based on Emotion or Reason? Shimmer and University of South Florida find out
Dublin Ireland, Tampa Florida — Many political analysts believe political opinions are based on emotions, not reasoning. That theory was tested out during Wednesday (19th February 2020) night’s Democratic presidential debate on a group of students at the University of...
The Open Wearables Initiative Expands Founding Team
OWEAR Founders Shimmer, GGIR software and algorithms author Dr. Vincent van Hees, and Nextbridge Health are now joined by non-profits Sage Bionetworks and DiMe CAMBRIDGE, MA – Feb. 13, 2020 – Shimmer Research, a global leader in wearable technology for research...
Superbowl Study 2020: The Game was Great, But How About that Halftime Show?
CAMBRIDGE, MA, February 2020 – Super Bowl LIV is over, and the reviews are in. It was a great game. Close until the very end with a fourth quarter comeback. What could be better? We’ll tell you later. The question remains,...
