On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2019. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Edward ↗
In their words
we've made a bedsheet where people can simply just lie on the device and it measures our vital signs, we've done three clinical trials in Canada
it's challenging to ask an investor to give you half a million dollars to set up manufacturing and production in another country so what we did was we found partners
it's all about resources and value, value outlasts money, because of that it's relationships that you end up building that will always be there even if money runs out
Around the web ×3
Quick answers
What is Edward Shim known for?
Inventing the fabric sensor behind Studio 1 Labs' intelligent bedsheet, which monitors patients' vital signs through the bed itself, and co-founding Brighter Signals in Amsterdam in 2025.
What did he tell the TechTO audience?
That Studio 1 Labs got three clinical trials and over $1M without a conventional raise, by trading technology partnerships and government grants for the costs an investor would otherwise have covered.
Where did the idea come from?
He has described conceiving the technology while recovering in hospital from a chest injury, wired to uncomfortable vital-sign monitors.