Wearable Technologies at TEDx Ireland

Niamh O’Mahony is Applications Engineering Team Leader at Shimmer in Dublin, where she has worked at providing tools to make sensed signals easier to interpret. Niamh’s work on biosensors is bringing about changes in access to information for health professionals and patients alike. She believes in the importance of bringing science to the masses and cultivating curiosity in all minds, young and old. She has been involved in numerous schemes to encourage school-leavers to consider a career in engineering and has recently worked to teach the general public about the physiological signs and effects of risk-taking. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)